旋 – rotation, go around

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1801 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 旋 means rotation, go around. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is め.ぐる、いばり (meguru, ibari). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 方 (no. 70).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	め.ぐる	meguru
Kun’yomi	いばり	ibari

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 方 (Kangxi radical 70). Components: 疋・方・乞.

Words using 旋

斡旋あっせんgood offices

Kanji with the same radical

方施族旅旗於

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