Kanji1 / 8
周 kanji
circumference, circuit, lap
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
シュウ
Kun readings
まわり
Words with 周
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3周囲Popularsurroundings; environs; circumference
- N2円周Popularcircumference
- N2周辺Popularcircumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of; (computer) peripheral
- N1周期Popularcycle; period
- N1周counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
- —周知Popularcommon knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
- —周到Popularcareful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
- —周年Popularwhole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
- —周遊Popular(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
- —半周Popularsemicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
- —一周Popularone round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
- —一周年Popularone full year; first anniversary
- —周波数Popularfrequency (esp. of waveforms)
- —外周outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
- —周易divination (based on the Book of Changes)
- —周縁fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
- —周回going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
- —周忌death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death
- —周航circumnavigation; circle tour by ship
- —周章confusion; panic