The kanji 回: meaning, readings and stroke order
回
- Meaning
- turn, times
- On reading
- カイ kai、エ* e
- Kun reading
- まわ(る) mawaru、まわ(す) mawasu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 enclosure
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quay, lần (hồi)
- Japanese
- まわる。いっかい にかい。
- Korean
- 돌다, 번 (회)
- Chinese
- 转、次
Readings, words and example sentences
カイ kai · on reading
一回
once, one time
一週間に 一回 図書室へ 行きます。
I go to the library once a week.
まわ(る) mawaru · kun reading
回る
to turn, to spin
川の 水車が ゆっくり 回ります。
The water wheel on the river turns slowly.
まわ(す) mawasu · kun reading
回す
to spin, to turn
弟が こまを 回します。
My little brother spins a top.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.