Keyword
circumference
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig339
Readings
まわ
(29%)
Composed of
upside-down box
earth
mouth
Mnemonic

The postman runs all around the whole cirumference of the earth, greeting people with his mouth as he delivers boxes of parcel everywhere.

(The box is upside-down and slightly bent on the left side since the postman is more of an Ace Ventura type of a guy.)

Used in kanji (11 in total)
tone
week
carve
sea bream
Used in vocabulary (187 in total)
surroundings; environs; circumference
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
Examples (113 in total)
There was nobody about.
He looked about the house.
People gathered around us.