The kanji 巡: meaning, readings and stroke order

巡

Meaning: go around, patrol
On reading: ジュン jun
Kun reading: めぐ（る） meguru
Strokes: 6
Radical: 巛 river
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đi vòng, tuần tra (tuần)
Japanese: めぐる。みてまわる。
Korean: 돌다, 순찰하다 (순)
Chinese: 巡回、巡逻

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュン jun · on reading · less common

巡じゅん回かい
patrol, going around
夜に校内を 巡じゅん回かいします。
At night, someone patrols the school.

めぐ（る） meguru · kun reading

巡めぐる
to go around, to tour
町の寺を 巡めぐります。
I go around visiting the temples in town.

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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.