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Circumference Lidded Helmet Head 周 シュウ まわ.り あまね

Kanji
Onyomi シュウ
Kunyomi まわ.り
Nanori あまね, しゅ, す, ちか, のり, ひろ, びび, まこと
English circumference, circuit, lap
Examples 周辺(しゅうへん): (1) circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of (2) (computer) peripheral
周囲(しゅうい): (1) surroundings; environs (2) circumference
周期(しゅうき): cycle; period
円周(えんしゅう): circumference
周(しゅう): (1) Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou (2) (geometric) perimeter (3) counter for laps or circuits
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 562
Components 冂: upside-down box radical (no. 13)
吉: good luck; joy; congratulations
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword circumference
Koohii Story 1 If my LIDDED CROCK has the same CIRCUMFERENCE as my head, I like to use it as a HELMET.
Koohii Story 2 You´re at a motorcycle store looking to buy a helmet. The only way to check the circumference of your head is to put increasingly larger lidded crocks on your head until one slips on just right. Now you know what size helmet to buy.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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