Memory phrase for the Kanji: 周

周

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Meaning surrounding, around, circumference

Pronunciation

SHŪ
mawari

Explanation

Outside: partly enclosed 冂, inside: luck 吉 (A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy 吉)

Mnemonic
 
Even limited luck affects the surrounding.

Radicals

吉 good luckSamurai 士, below: Mouth 口 (This radical is a simplification of 喜, where the samurai 士 has a bean 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy).
冂 encover
周 surrounding
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 Vocabulary

周り まわり  circumference, surroundings, circulation
周知 しゅうち  common knowledge
円周 えんしゅう  circumference
周期 しゅうき  cycle, period
周囲 しゅうい  surroundings, circumference, environs
周辺 しゅうへん  circumference, outskirts, (computer) peripheral

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