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周

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 489 / 2,608

Circumference

On’yomi
しゅう
Kun’yomi
まわ
Radical
口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 右 (Right), less common than 王 (King).

The character for circumference (周) looks like a path winding around a central area — a complete circuit around the perimeter.

In words

周り まわり surroundingsN4
周 しゅう circuit;lap;circumference;vicinity;Chou (dynasty)N1
周囲 しゅうい surroundings,circumference,environsN3

周 is rank 489 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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