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頃
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顷
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100 Chinese acres

HSK 10
Abstract →Numbers
qǐng
ケイ、キョウ
ころ、ごろ、しばら.く
경, 규
Depicts a person (匕) with their head (頁) tilted or askew. Based on the original meaning "to have an inclined head", now written as 傾. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
匕 ancient spoon+ 頁 page =
頃 100 Chinese acres
匕 Iconic component
bǐ ancient spoon
spoon, ladle
Depicts a person.
頁 Iconic component
page
Depicts a tilted head.
Notes
Similar Characters
穎 clever (trad)北 north尼 nun旨 purpose比 compare顷 a measure of (simp)匙 spoon仑 logical reasons (simp)庀 to prepare牝 female of species颖 rice tassel (simp)鴇 bustard (trad)鸨 procuress (simp)龀 lose (simp)颍 river in Anhui (simp)夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
頃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
顷 / 頃 [qīng]
variant of 傾|倾[qīng]
顷 / 頃 [qǐng]
unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mǔ] or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates)
Japanese
頃 、 比 ころ 、 ごろ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana (approximate) time; around; about; toward (ごろ when used as a suffix)
  2. suitable time (or condition)
  3. time of year; season
頃 けい 同音
noun rare qing (Chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)
頃おい 、 比おい 、 頃 、 比 ころおい 同音
noun time; period; days
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
大抵の晩餐は１１時頃に終わります。
Most dinner parties break up about eleven o'clock.
あなたは結婚してもよいころだ。
It's about time you got married.
彼女は夏頃から病気だった。
She has been ill since about summer.
CHINESE WORDS (15)
公顷 [gōng​qǐng] #34,503
hectare
顷刻 [qǐng​kè] #35,760
instantly
顷刻间 [qǐng​kè​jiān] #41,685
in an instant
少顷 [shǎo​qǐng] #49,296
in a short while
俄顷 [é​qǐng] #55,699
in a moment
一弹指顷 [yī​tán​zhǐ​qǐng]
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
市顷 [shì​qǐng]
unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mǔ] or 6.67 hectares
有顷 [yǒu​qǐng]
shortly thereafter
然顷 [rán​qǐng]
in a short time
万顷 [wàn​qǐng]
large landholding
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JAPANESE WORDS (51)
⭐ 頃 [ころ] #667
(approximate) time
⭐ 今頃 [いまごろ] #2,748
about this time
その頃 [そのころ] #3,960
at that time
あの頃 [あのころ] #4,247
in those days
⭐ 子供の頃 [こどものころ] #4,312
(time of) one's childhood
幼い頃 [おさないころ] #4,710
when one was a very young child
⭐ 年頃 [としごろ] #4,779
approximate age
⭐ 小さい頃 [ちいさいころ] #5,529
as a child
⭐ 日頃 [ひごろ] #5,655
usually
⭐ この頃 [このごろ] #7,005
these days
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
경각
instant