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

12 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
industry, kindliness
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1695 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 敦厚 【トンコウ】 sincerity and kindheartedness, honesty and simplicity
  • 敦朴 【トンボク】 honest and homely, simple

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 つる、 のぶ、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun1, dui4
Korean:
don, toe

Spanish

  • bondad
  • benevolencia

Portuguese

French

2053 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1976 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1690 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2081 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2128 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1112 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1511 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13276 Morohashi
1693 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2349 New Nelson (John Haig)
2931 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2938 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4i7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
1-7-4 SKIP code
0844.0 Four corner code
1-38-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6566 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 頤使 【イシ】 bossing someone around, having a person under one's control

Kun reading compounds

  • 頤 【おとがい】 (lower) jaw, chatterbox
  • 顎 【あご】 jaw, chin, barb (of a fishhook)
  • 頤で人を使う 【あごでひとをつかう】 to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion, to push someone around

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi2
Korean:
i

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5126 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
43455 Morohashi
6633 New Nelson (John Haig)
9a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
7178.6 Four corner code
1-80-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9824 Unicode hex code