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

6 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert
Kun:
むねうま.い
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旨意 【シイ】 intent, purpose, aim
  • 旨趣 【シシュ】 objective, purport, intent
  • 本旨 【ホンシ】 main object, principal object, true aim
  • 宗旨 【シュウシ】 tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith, one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences

Kun reading compounds

  • 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
  • 旨とする 【むねとする】 to make it a principle to ..., to aim at doing
  • その旨 【そのむね】 (words to) that effect
  • 御旨 【みむね】 God's will
  • 上手い 【うまい】 skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate, delicious, tasty, good, nice, good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid
  • うまい汁 【うまいしる】 the lion's share, the cream

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi3
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • principio
  • idea
  • significado
  • delicioso
  • habilidoso
  • es decir

Portuguese

  • delicioso
  • sabor
  • mostra um gosto para
  • vontade
  • inteligente
  • perito

French

  • délicieux
  • très bien
  • savoureux
  • avoir un penchant pour
  • portée
  • volonté
  • intelligent
  • expert
1312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
752 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1069 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1403 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
263 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1081 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1349 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
232 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2516 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1744 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
465 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13738 Morohashi
2024 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2414 New Nelson (John Haig)
455 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
493 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1077 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1278 2001 Kanji
4c2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2160.1 Four corner code
2260.1 Four corner code
1-27-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e8 Unicode hex code