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Keyword
circumference
  • circuit
  • lap
Frequency
#562
Strokes
8
Grade
4
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
339
Readings
シュウ92%
まわ8%
Mnemonic
A postman balances an upside-down box on his head, yells hello with a big mouth, and walks around the earth's circumference.
Stroke order
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
周しゅう辺へん
circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral
Noun
周しゅう年ねん
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
Noun
周まわり
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
Noun
周しゅう囲い
surroundings; environs; circumference
Noun
周しゅう波は数すう
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
Noun
一いっ周しゅう
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
Noun
一いっ周しゅう年ねん
one full year; first anniversary
Noun
周しゅう期き
cycle; period
Noun
周しゅう知ち
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
Noun
身みの周まわり
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
Expression
一いっ周しゅう忌き
first anniversary of a person's death
Noun
周しゅう到とう
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
Na-adjective
周しゅう
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter
Counter
周しゅう回かい
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
Noun
円えん周しゅう
circumference
Noun
周しゅう波は
cycle; wave; frequency
Noun
外がい周しゅう
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
Noun
高こう周しゅう波は
high frequency; HF
Noun
周しゅう遊ゆう
(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
Noun
周防すおう
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Noun
半はん周しゅう
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
Noun
周しゅう縁えん
fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
Noun
周しゅう航こう
circumnavigation; circle tour by ship
Noun