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Kanji Detail for 頃 - "about, time, recently"

頃

  • Meaning

    頃 means "about, time, recently."

    1. About - Approximately; around.

    2. Time - A period; an era.

    3. Recently - Lately; in recent times.

    4. Suitable - Appropriate; fitting.

  • Words using 頃

    • 日頃 ひごろ Listen usually; habitually; always
    • 今頃 いまごろ Listen about this time; about now
    • 年頃 としごろ Listen approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman)
    • 近頃 ちかごろ Listen lately; recently; nowadays
    • いつ頃 いつごろ Listen about when; about what time; how soon
    • 若い頃 わかいころ Listen one's youth; early life; one's early days
    • 子供の頃 こどものころ Listen (time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
    • 小さい頃 ちいさいころ Listen as a child; when one was a child

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    • Verified meaning: about, time, recently
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    time; about; toward

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a moment; a measure of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares; to lean

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 傾|倾[qing1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a moment; a unit of area equal to 100 mu

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A hundred mu of farmland is called 頃. | A short while. As in 俄頃 (in a moment), 頃刻 (in an instant). | Tilted. Same as 傾. The Book of Odes says: "Not filling the tilted basket."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    goro(ごろ) ごろ

    koro(ころ) ころ

    shibaraku(しばら-く) しばら-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    頁 (ogai・ichinokai)

  • Related Keywords

    about time recently appropriate size approximately suitable period around age duration era lately moment occasion season timing interval

Sentences including 頃

  • She was a beauty in her day.

  • This song reminds me of young days.

  • It is time you told her the truth.

  • She was a young girl about your age.

  • I used to be thin when i was young.

  • It's time you stopped watching television.

  • I went to canada when i was a child.

  • I got up about five.

  • She must have been very beautiful when she was young.

  • You're old enough to know better.

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