11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

time, about, toward

Kun'yomi
  • (approximate) time ②suitable time (or condition) ③time of year
  • ごろ
    (approximate) time ②suitable time (or condition) ③time of year
  • しばら
On'yomi
  • ケイ
    qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)
  • キョウ
Nanori
  • ころも

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ころごろ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

time, about, toward
ころ ケイ キョウ (11th)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

about this time
(time of) one's childhood
lately ②terribly
usually ②for a long time
approximate age ②marriageable age (esp. of a woman) ③appropriate age (to ...) ④past few years
suitable time ②propriety
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References

Unicode hex code 9803
JIS X 0208 1-26-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 754
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6615
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 144
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 163
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 124
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2791
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 479
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1691
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1906
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43338
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1532
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 291
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 453
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 9a2.2
Four corner code 2178.6