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circumference

circumference
周

With an upside down box on your head and soil in your mouth, you measure the circumference.

Note

With an upside down box on your head and soil in your mouth, you measure the circumference.

Breakdown of circumference

mouth; opening
口
upside down box
冂 component

This clearly looks like an upside down box. Doesn't it?

soil; earth
土

Ten crops, one soil.

Usages of circumference

week
週

It takes you a week to walk around the circumference.

周
circumference
周まわりmawari
around
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