Meanings
- circumference
- circuit
- lap
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#562 of 2,500
Kanji N2
周: circumference, circuit, lap
周 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning circumference, circuit, lap, written with 8 strokes. It is read シュウ (on) and まわり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 周辺 (しゅうへん, circumference) and 周囲 (しゅうい, surroundings).
周
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- シュウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- まわり
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 周
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N3
- 周りまわりJLPT N4
circumference; girth
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N1
- 周しゅうJLPT N1
counter for laps or circuits
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