Keyword
circumference
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig339
Readings
まわ
(29%)
Composed of
upside-down box
earth
mouth
Mnemonic

The postman runs all around the whole cirumference of the earth, greeting people with his mouth as he delivers boxes of parcel everywhere.

(The box is upside-down and slightly bent on the left side since the postman is more of an Ace Ventura type of a guy.)

Used in kanji (11 in total)
tone
week
carve
sea bream
Used in vocabulary (187 in total)
surroundings; environs; circumference
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
very careful; thoroughly prepared
common knowledge; well-known fact
cycle; period
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
how others look at you; what others think about you
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
circumference
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
high frequency; HF
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
confusion; panic
first anniversary of a person's death
periphery; circumference
consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
surrounding environment; ambient surrounding; one's surroundings
peripheral; peripheral device; accessory
dissemination; spreading of information
fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
cycle; wave; frequency
frequency band; waveband
inner circumference; internal circumference
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
period of revolution (e.g. of the Sun, of the Moon); orbital period
scrupulous; careful; meticulous
periphery; margin; rim; penumbra
peripheral wall; surrounding wall
circumnavigation; circle tour by ship
periodontal disease; gum disease
part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area
circuit track; circular course
broker; employment agency
a round; a turn; going around; first anniversary of a person's death
(similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born
the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of Earth; twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar
Western Zhou dynasty (China, c 1046-771 BCE); Western Chou dynasty
common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
divination (based on the Book of Changes)
common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
Northern Zhou dynasty (of China; 557-581); Northern Chou dynasty
second anniversary of a death
peripheral equipment; peripheral device
death anniversary
Eastern Zhou dynasty (China, 771-256 BCE); Eastern Chou dynasty
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
broker; middleman; employment agency
looking all around
extremely complete (thorough, careful) and detailed
brokerage; commission agency
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
short cycle; short period
infra-sound; infrasound; low frequency sound
detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate
perimeter; circumference
periodontal; parodontal
processor frequency; clock speed
surface of a cylinder; skin of a cylinder
frequency characteristic; frequency response
photoperiodism; photoperiodicity
brokerage; commission
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
frequency meter; wavemeter
periodic table of the elements
saros period (approx. 18 years and 11 days between repetition of eclipses); saros cycle
Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)
spectrum management; frequency management
FDD; frequency division duplex
frequency modulation recording; FM recording
endpoint node; peripheral node
endpoint node; peripheral node
OFDM; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
frequency demultiplier; frequency divider
modified frequency modulation recording; MFM recording
perirhinal; perinasal
different frequency; inter-frequency
frequency-changer station; frequency converter station
angle at the circumference; circumferential angle; inscribed angle
grave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)
low-frequency noise pollution; low-frequency pollution
annual parallax; heliocentric parallax; stellar parallax
periarthritis scapulohumeralis; shoulder periarthritis; Duplay's disease
short-period comet; periodic comet
Examples (113 in total)
There was nobody about.
He looked about the house.
People gathered around us.