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周 means 'circumference'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 552   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-3    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 38    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 94 words   Used in 169 words   Used in 570 names   Component in 22 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュウ
Kun
   まわり circumference
Additional readings
Name    あまね   しゅ   す   ちか   のり   ひろ   びび   まこと
Notes
Interior combination exists as a rare kanji, 𠮷 (-).
Components
⿵  ⺆ (冂) wide  ⿱  土 ground; earth  口 mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 周 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 周 is used 168 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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シュウ : 165 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う へ ん 0
noun
1. circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
2. (computer) peripheral  (computer terminology)
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まわり : 2 words FIND ALL
ま わ り 0
noun
1. circumference; girth  (see also: 回り)
2. surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
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あまね: 1 word. FIND ALL
あ ま ね く 3
widely; generally; universally; far and wide  (often written with kana only)
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An additional one less common word includes 周 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 532 (originally: 504)  Joy o' Kanji : 504  Key to Kanji: 481 

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周
シュウ   まわり circumference   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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