Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 luck(Top: Samurai 士, below: Mund 口. (This character and radical is a simplification of 喜))
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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