巡 – patrol, go around, circumference

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1262 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 巡 means patrol, go around, circumference. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュン (jun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is めぐ.る、めぐ.り (meguru, meguri). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 巛 (no. 47).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュン	jun
Kun’yomi	めぐ.る	meguru
Kun’yomi	めぐ.り	meguri

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: 巛 (Kangxi radical 47). Components: 込・巛.

Words using 巡

巡査じゅんさpolice officer巡るめぐるto go around

Example sentences

すぐに巡査が呼びにやられた。

A policeman was sent for at once.

Tatoeba #214857

我々は太陽を巡るすべての惑星を探検するだろう。

We will explore every planet that goes around the sun.

Tatoeba #185698

Kanji with the same radical

川州巣

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