Chinese symbol for “circa”
顷
qǐng
Traditional: 頃
unit of area equal to 100 亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circa is 顷 (qǐng), defined as: unit of area equal to 100 亩 (mǔ) or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 顷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公顷 (公頃) | gōng qǐng | hectare |
| 顷刻 (頃刻) | qǐng kè | instantly; in no time |
| 万顷 (萬頃) | wàn qǐng | large landholding; vast space |
| 顷刻间 (頃刻間) | qǐng kè jiān | in an instant |
| 顷之 (頃之) | qǐng zhī | in a moment; shortly after |
| 少顷 (少頃) | shǎo qǐng | in a short while; presently |
See also: Japanese symbol for “circa”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.