The kanji 旋: meaning, readings and stroke order

旋

Meaning: rotate, circle
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 方 square
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xoay vòng, lượn (toàn)
Japanese: ぐるぐるまわる。
Korean: 돌다, 빙빙 돌다 (선)
Chinese: 旋转、盘旋

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading · less common

旋せん回かい
circling, turning
鳥が空を 旋せん回かいします。
A bird circles in the sky.

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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.