巡
patrol, go around, circumference
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
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.