# 頃 — Approximate

Frequency rank 497 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 薬 (Medicine), less common than 各 (Each).

- On’yomi: こ
- Kun’yomi: ころ
- Radical: 頁 Leaf (Kangxi 181)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A lid on the left covers a head on the right — when a lid roughly fits a head, it's only approximate.

In words:

- 頃 ころ — time,about,toward,approximately (time)
- この頃 このごろ — recently
- 近頃 ちかごろ — lately,recently,nowadays

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