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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

time
about
toward
about that timeRtK

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

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

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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