循
sequential, follow
Readings
On'yomi
- ジュン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
循 centers on moving or acting in a set order: following a sequence, proceeding step by step, or adhering to a prescribed path.
Most common words using 循
20 of 56- 循環じゅんかんN2
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
- 悪循環あくじゅんかんN1
vicious circle; vicious cycle
- 循環器じゅんかんき
circulatory organ
- クズネッツ循環クズネッツじゅんかん
Kuznets cycle
- ハドレー循環ハドレーじゅんかん
Hadley circulation; Hadley cell
- フェレル循環フェレルじゅんかん
Ferrel cell; Ferrel circulation
- 体循環たいじゅんかん
systemic circulation
- 再循環さいじゅんかん
recycle
- 因循いんじゅん
indecision; vacillation
- 因循姑息いんじゅんこそく
dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
- 国立循環器病センターこくりつじゅんかんきびょうセンター
National Cardiovascular Center
- 在庫循環ざいこじゅんかん
inventory cycle
- 大循環だいじゅんかん
systemic circulation
- 大気大循環たいきだいじゅんかん
atmospheric general circulation
- 大気循環たいきじゅんかん
atmospheric circulation
- 好循環こうじゅんかん
virtuous cycle; virtuous circle
- 対向循環たいこうじゅんかん
counter-rotating
- 小循環しょうじゅんかん
pulmonary circulation
- 左心補助循環装置さしんほじょじゅんかんそうち
left ventricular assist device; LVAD
- 循環けた上げじゅんかんけたあげ
end-around carry
Study
Etymology
循 combines 彳 (movement) with 盾 (shield), which likely contributes the sound and the idea of following a protective or orderly path.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 彳 suggests walking, and the right side 盾 looks like a shield. Imagine a soldier following a shield wall in a strict sequence, step by step.
Reading mnemonic
For ジュン, picture following a path in June: June -> ジュン, and you walk sequentially through the summer month.