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time
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingケイ、キョウ
Kun readingころ、ごろ、しばら.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. time
    彼は職についた頃、その脅威を感じた。He sensed that threat early in his career.tatoeba
    彼は若い頃貧しかったらしい。He seems to have been poor when he was young.tatoeba
  2. about
    彼は昼頃まで姿を見せなかった。He did not appear until about noon.tatoeba
    彼は二時頃来た。He came at about two o'clock.tatoeba
  3. toward
  4. about that timeRtK
  1. (approximate) time
  2. around
  3. suitable time (or condition)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 479

Compound words

中頃なかごろ
about the middle
近頃ちかごろ
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully
今頃いまごろ
about this time; about now
日頃ひごろ
usually; habitually; always; for a long time
年頃としごろ
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood
先頃さきごろ
recently; the other day
この頃このごろ
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently
いつ頃いつごろ
about when; about what time; how soon
若い頃わかいころ
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
小さい頃ちいさいころ
as a child; when one was a child
子供の頃こどものころ
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
今日この頃きょうこのごろ
these days; nowadays; recently
一頃ひところ
once
月頃つきごろ
these past months
見頃みごろ
best time to see
頃合ころあい
suitable time
何時頃いつごろ
about when
此の頃このごろ
these days
頃合いころあい
suitable time

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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