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頃 ころ、ごろ、しばら.く time, about, toward 0 2015 11 181 おおがい・いちのかい 会意 Compound Ideographic An alarm clock with a unique design: You set it for, say, 7:00 am, and at about that time the clock reaches out with a spoon and hits you on the head. 479

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ケイ、キョウ ころも 頃(ころ): (1) (approximate) time; around; about; toward (2) suitable time (or condition) (3) time of year; seasonこの頃(このごろ): recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present近頃(ちかごろ): lately; recently; nowadays年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) (4) for some years一頃(ひところ): once; some time agoその頃(そのころ): at that time; in those days; at that moment; then S 匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)頁: page; leaf 頁 9 (none) about that time After spooning for hours it´s about that time he got some head. Dayum woman.

Kanji	頃
Onyomi	ケイ、キョウ
Kunyomi	ころ、ごろ、しばら.く
Nanori	ころも
English	time, about, toward
Examples	頃(ころ): (1) (approximate) time; around; about; toward (2) suitable time (or condition) (3) time of year; season この頃(このごろ): recently; nowadays; these days; now; at present 近頃(ちかごろ): lately; recently; nowadays 年頃(としごろ): (1) approximate age; apparent age (2) marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of independence; age of adulthood (3) (after modifying phrase) appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) (4) for some years 一頃(ひところ): once; some time ago その頃(そのころ): at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	2015
Components	匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21) 頁: page; leaf
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	頁
Radical Number	181
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	おおがい・いちのかい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	about that time
Koohii Story 1	An alarm clock with a unique design: You set it for, say, 7:00 am, and at about that time the clock reaches out with a spoon and hits you on the head.
Koohii Story 2	After spooning for hours it´s about that time he got some head. Dayum woman.
RTK Index (new)	479

Time Age Recently Days Spoon Clock Head 頃