周

Meaning

周 centers on a closed path around something: a circumference, a circuit, or a lap. The idea is always a boundary or route that goes around and returns.

• 周しゅう
  N1

  counter for laps or circuits

• 周りまわり
  N4

  circumference; girth

• 周辺しゅうへん
  N2

  circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of

• 周囲しゅうい
  N3

  surroundings; environs

• 周波数しゅうはすう

  frequency (esp. of waveforms)

• 一周いっしゅう
  N1

  one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

• 周回しゅうかい

  going around; orbiting; circling

• 周期しゅうき
  N2

  cycle; period

• 周知しゅうち

  common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

• 周波しゅうは

  cycle; wave; frequency

• 外周がいしゅう

  outer circumference; perimeter

• 円周えんしゅう
  N2

  circumference

• 周遊しゅうゆう

  (circular) tour; round trip; excursion

• 周防すおう

  Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

• 高周波こうしゅうは

  high frequency; HF

• 周到しゅうとう

  careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

• 周縁しゅうえん

  fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts

• 半周はんしゅう

  semicircle; hemicycle; half globe

• 周航しゅうこう

  circumnavigation; circle tour by ship

• 周年しゅうねん
  N1

  whole year; entire year

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