Memory phrase for the Kanji: 周


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Meaning

surrounding, around, circumference

Pronunciation

SHŪ
mawari

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

Even limited luck affects the surrounding.

Radicals

good luckTop: Samurai , below: Mund . (This character and radical is a simplification of )
encover
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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