頃 Kanji for time

Beyond JLPTGrade 811 strokes

time, about, toward

Kun: ころ、ごろ、しばら.く
On: ケイ、キョウ

頃 is the Japanese kanji for time, about, toward. It is written with 11 strokes. Its kun reading is ころ、ごろ、しばら.く and its on reading is ケイ、キョウ.

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Words with 頃

頃ころ(approximate) time, around, about
日ひ頃ごろusually, habitually, always
今いま頃ごろabout this time, about now
先さき頃ごろrecently, the other day
この頃ごろthese days, nowadays, now
何時いつ頃ごろabout when, about what time, how soon

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