Kanji

What does the kanji 頃 mean?

頃 means around, approximately (a time); qing (ancient unit of land area). On'yomi ケイ、キョウ. Kun'yomi ころ、ごろ、しばら.く.

Quick facts
On'yomiケイ、キョウ
Kun'yomiころ、ごろ、しばら.く
Strokes11
Main radical頁
On'yomi ケイ、キョウKun'yomi ころ、ごろ、しばら.く
11 strokes

around, approximately (a time); qing (ancient unit of land area)

Stroke order · 11 strokes

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Common words

  • 年頃としごろapproximate age; marriageable age
  • 近頃ちかごろrecently, these days
  • この頃このごろthese days, recently

More words with this kanji

  • 手頃てごろhandy, reasonably priced, suitable
  • 日頃ひごろusually, on a daily basis, all along
  • 一頃ひところat one time, formerly

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Data sources and licences

English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.