周しゅう
Meanings
Counter
Suffix
1. counter for laps or circuits
In morning training we usually run about ten laps.
Noun
Math
2. perimeter
The circumference of a circle is about three times its diameter.
3. Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
Kanji used
circumference
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
Examples (8 in total)
I was running lap after lap around the course.
Find the perimeter of the rectangle.
In morning training we usually run about ten laps.
The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.
The circumference of a circle is about three times its diameter.
This square has a perimeter of twenty centimeters.
The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.
Under the cherry blossoms that seemed to set the blue sky on fire, I ran around the schoolyard many times.