Meanings
Readings
Common Words
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; surroundings
Word usually written using kana alone
around; about; or thereabouts
Word usually written using kana alone
for instance; say; such as
Noun, used as a suffix
circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
Computing
(computer) peripheral
around there; near there
or thereabouts; or so
such a matter; such a thing
this area; around here
this area; around here
this point; this much; this extent
area; vicinity; region
Mathematics
side; edge
circumstances
Oft. 〜にする
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
thereabouts; vicinity; that area
that situation; those circumstances
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
To protect the castle’s environs, guards patrol the perimeter road, their swords ready for any intruder.
The law of these wild environs is simple: if you travel this road, you must be prepared to defend yourself with a sword.
To survey the environs of the new territory, the explorer had to hack through the thick vegetation with his sword just to clear a makeshift road.
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