しゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
2. perimeter
Counter
Suffix
3. counter for laps or circuits
Kanji used
circumference
Pitch accent
しゅ
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Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
cycle; period
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
circumference
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
confusion; panic
cycle; wave; frequency
periphery; circumference
fringe; rim; periphery; borders; outskirts
inner circumference; internal circumference
peripheral wall; surrounding wall
scrupulous; careful; meticulous
(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
divination (based on the Book of Changes)
death anniversary
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
periodontal; parodontal
perimeter; circumference
surface of a cylinder; skin of a cylinder
annual parallax; heliocentric parallax; stellar parallax
Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)
Examples (2 in total)
The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.
The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.