Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
circumference, circuit, lap
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
562 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 周 【シュウ】 counter for laps or circuits, perimeter, Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE), Chou dynasty
  • 周囲 【シュウイ】 surroundings, environs, circumference
  • 円周 【エンシュウ】 circumference
  • 外周 【ガイシュウ】 outer circumference, perimeter, outskirts, periphery

Kun reading compounds

  • 周り 【まわり】 circumference, girth, surroundings, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, people surrounding oneself, surrounding circumstances
  • 回りくどい 【まわりくどい】 circuitous, roundabout, indirect

Readings

Japanese names:
あまね、 しゅ、 す、 ちか、 のり、 ひろ、 びび、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • circunferencia
  • vuelta
  • alrededores
  • difundir

Portuguese

  • circunferência
  • circuito
  • volta

French

  • circonférence
  • tour
  • alentours
632 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
532 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
504 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
694 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
622 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
187 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
409 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
736 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
91 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
91 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
558 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
324 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3720 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2585 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
323 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3441P Morohashi
2998 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
768 New Nelson (John Haig)
317 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
339 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
507 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3649 2001 Kanji
2r6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-28-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5468 Unicode hex code

5 strokes (also 4)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
environs, boundary, border, vicinity
Kun:
あた.りほと.り-べ
On:
ヘン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 辺 【ヘン】 area, vicinity, region, side, edge, circumstances
  • 辺境 【ヘンキョウ】 remote region, outlying district, border district, frontier
  • 普遍 【フヘン】 universal, general, ubiquitous, omnipresent
  • どの辺 【ドノヘン】 whereabouts, what part, how much, what point

Kun reading compounds

  • 辺り 【あたり】 (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby, surroundings, around, about, or thereabouts, for instance, say, such as
  • あたり一面 【あたりいちめん】 whole area, surrounding area, all around, everywhere, all over the place
  • 御辺 【ごへん】 you
  • 辺 【ほとり】 side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore
  • 片辺 【かたほとり】 corner, remote country place

Readings

Japanese names:
なべ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian1
Korean:
byeon

Spanish

  • alrededores
  • límites
  • vecindad

Portuguese

  • arredores
  • limite
  • borda
  • vizinhança

French

  • environs
  • frontière
  • voisinage
713 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
608 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
580 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
696 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4661 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
270 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
947 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
179 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
775 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
789 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
962 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
676 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3761 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1916 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2607 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
290 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38710P Morohashi
3029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6011 New Nelson (John Haig)
284 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
455 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
2q2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-42-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fba Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
252 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 確 【カク】 certain, definite
  • 確執 【カクシツ】 discord, antagonism
  • 当確 【トウカク】 projected to win, sure to be elected, home free
  • 精確 【セイカク】 detailed and accurate, exhaustive and precise, meticulous, finely detailed

Kun reading compounds

  • 確か 【たしか】 sure, certain, positive, definite, reliable, trustworthy, safe, sound, firm, accurate, correct, exact, If I'm not mistaken, If I remember correctly, If I remember rightly
  • 確かめる 【たしかめる】 to make sure, to check, to ascertain, to confirm, to verify
  • 確かめる 【たしかめる】 to make sure, to check, to ascertain, to confirm, to verify

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
que4
Korean:
hwag

Spanish

  • seguro
  • cierto
  • genuino
  • capaz
  • asegurarse
  • afirmar

Portuguese

  • garantia
  • firme
  • sólido
  • duradouro
  • apertado
  • confirmar
  • limpar
  • evidente

French

  • certitude
  • confirmation
  • sûr
  • solide
  • clair
  • évident
570 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
664 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
634 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
395 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3217 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
661 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
767 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
603 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
613 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1409 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1571 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
830 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
574 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24366 Morohashi
1228 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4039 New Nelson (John Haig)
567 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
609 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
343 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
805 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3375 2001 Kanji
5a10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-10 SKIP code
1461.4 Four corner code
1-19-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78ba Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
dark, profound
Parts:
Variants:
ratio, rate, proportion, %, factor, lead, spearhead, command
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卒爾 【ソツジ】 abrupt, sudden
  • 卒然 【ソツゼン】 sudden, unexpected, unannounced, abrupt
  • 短慮軽率 【タンリョケイソツ】 impulsive and imprudent, rash and unthinking
  • 兜率 【トソツ】 Tusita (heaven, pure land)
  • 率 【リツ】 rate, ratio, proportion, percentage
  • 率を定める 【リツヲサダメル】 to fix the rate
  • 倍率 【バイリツ】 magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor, competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance), applicant-to-acceptance ratio
  • 定率 【テイリツ】 fixed rate

Kun reading compounds

  • 率いる 【ひきいる】 to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4, shuai4, shuo4
Korean:
sol, ryul

Spanish

  • proporción
  • tasa
  • dirigir
  • mandar
  • verdad
  • franqueza
  • indiscreción
  • liderar
  • encabezar

Portuguese

  • razão
  • valor
  • proporção
  • %
  • coeficiente
  • fator

French

  • taux
  • rapport
  • proportion
  • %
  • coefficient
  • facteur
878 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
767 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
803 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
553 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
808 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
731 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2040 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
788 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
802 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
615 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1312 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2625 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1753 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20817P Morohashi
2118 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3618 New Nelson (John Haig)
1737 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1874 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
742 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
455 2001 Kanji
2j9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-9-2 SKIP code
0040.3 Four corner code
1-46-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7387 Unicode hex code