廻
round, game, revolve, go around, circumference
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
Study
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.