周
Meanings
1
counter for laps or circuits
Used to count laps around a track, circuits of a course, or rounds of a competition.
I run one lap around the track.
I ran three laps of this course.
2
Mathematical term for the length of the boundary of a shape.
Find the perimeter of this rectangle.
3
Zhou dynasty; Chou dynasty
historical term
Historical term referring to the Zhou dynasty of ancient China (approx. 1046–256 BCE).
The Zhou dynasty lasted for about eight hundred years.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉を〈数〉周するto go around a place a given number of times
I did three laps around the park.
- 〈場所〉を一周するto go all the way around a place once
I went all the way around the island by bicycle.