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Kotomora

廻

round, game, revolve, go around, circumference

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • カイ
  • エ

Kun'yomi

  • まわ.る
  • まわ.す
  • もとお.る
  • めぐ.る
  • めぐ.らす

Nanori

  • ざこ
  • じゃく

Meaning

廻 centers on circular or cyclical motion: revolving, going around, or tracing a circumference. The 'game' sense likely comes from rounds or turns in play.

Most common words using 廻

  • 廻るみる

    to go around

  • 輪廻りんね

    samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)

  • 六道輪廻ろくどうりんね

    endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds

  • 呪術廻戦じゅじゅつかいせん

    Jujutsu Kaisen (manga series)

  • 土俵廻しどひょうまわし

    wrestler's belt used in a bout

  • 地形輪廻ちけいりんね

    cycle of erosion; geomorphic cycle; geographical cycle

  • 堆積輪廻たいせきりんね

    cycle of sedimentation

  • 廻船問屋かいせんどんや

    maritime merchant (Edo and Meiji periods); shipping agency

  • 御廻おめぐり

    dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court

  • 水廻りみずまわり

    part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

  • 流転輪廻るてんりんね

    all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

  • 浸食輪廻しんしょくりんね

    erosion cycle

  • 生死輪廻しょうじりんね

    all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

  • 菱垣廻船ひがきかいせん

    large Japanese junk

  • 西廻り航路にしまわりこうろ

    east-to-west sea route

  • 転生輪廻てんしょうりんね

    all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

  • 輪廻生死りんねしょうじ

    the circle of reincarnation

  • 輪廻転生りんねてんしょう

    all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

  • 馬廻うままわり

    daimyo's mounted guard

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Etymology

廻 combines 廴 (movement) with 回 (turn, revolve) to express going around or revolving. It is a variant form of 迴, which uses the more common movement radical ⻌.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement enclosure 廴 wraps around 回 (turn, revolve), like a path that goes around in circles. Picture a track that keeps turning back on itself.

Reading mnemonic

For カイ, imagine a kite flying in circles: kite -> カイ, and the kite's path revolves around the sky.