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

Speed

Stroke order

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

12 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
sequential, follow
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1699 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 循環器 【ジュンカンキ】 circulatory organ
  • 循環 【ジュンカン】 circulation, rotation, cycle, loop
  • 因循 【インジュン】 indecision, vacillation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • girar
  • dar vueltas

Portuguese

  • sequencial
  • companheiro

French

  • cycle
  • circulation
  • camarade
1378 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1674 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1625 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1707 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1282 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1569 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1479 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1576 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1387 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
633 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
704 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
530 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1871 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10187 Morohashi
578 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 New Nelson (John Haig)
1854 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1531 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2079 2001 Kanji
3i9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2226.4 Four corner code
1-29-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5faa Unicode hex code