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Kotomora

巡

patrol, go around, circumference

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュン

Kun'yomi

  • めぐ.る
  • めぐ.り

Meaning

巡 centers on moving along a closed path: patrolling an area, going around, or tracing a circumference.

Most common words using 巡

20 of 90
  • 巡るめぐる
    N2

    to go around; to make a circle around

  • 巡りめぐり

    circumference; girth

  • 巡回じゅんかい
    N1

    going around; patrol; round; tour

  • 巡じゅん

    counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.

  • 巡査じゅんさ
    N2

    police officer; policeman; constable

  • 巡礼じゅんれい

    pilgrimage; pilgrim

  • を巡ってをめぐって

    concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

  • お巡りさんおまわりさん
    N5

    police officer

  • 巡洋艦じゅんようかん

    cruiser (warship)

  • 巡業じゅんぎょう

    provincial tour

  • 巡視じゅんし

    inspection tour

  • 巡航じゅんこう

    cruise; cruising

  • 一巡いちじゅん

    one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol

  • 巡らすめぐらす

    to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle

  • 巡行じゅんこう

    patrol

  • 逡巡しゅんじゅん

    hesitation; indecision

  • お巡りおまわり

    police officer; cop

  • 巡拝じゅんぱい

    circuit pilgrimage

  • 巡り合わせめぐりあわせ

    fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck

  • 駆け巡るかけめぐる

    to run about; to rush about

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Study

Etymology

巡 combines 辶 (movement) with 巛 (river), suggesting the idea of following a winding course like a river, which fits the sense of going around or patrolling.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around 巛, which looks like winding streams. Picture a guard walking along a winding path, patrolling the area.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュン, imagine a patrol officer named June who walks around the circumference every day: June -> ジュン.