Kanji Detail for 巡 - "to patrol, to revolve, tour"

巡

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
巡 means "to patrol, to revolve, tour."
1. To go around - To circle; to tour; to walk around.
2. To patrol - To inspect by going around.
3. To revolve - A word for counting circuits.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

patrol; go around; circumference

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

patrol, go on circuit, cruise

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to cruise, to inspect, to patrol

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Imperial inspection. Anciently, the emperor touring the territories guarded by feudal lords was called 巡守. Sometimes written as 巡狩. Now, inspecting by going around is called 巡. Such as 巡查. Also, old official titles like 巡按, 巡撫, 巡道, 巡檢 all have this meaning. | Reaching everywhere. Now, one round is also called 一巡. Such as pouring wine once for all present being 一巡. | 逡巡: Appearance of retreating.
Onyomi

jun(ジュン)
Kunyomi

megu.ru(めぐ-る)

meguri(めぐり)
Strokes

6 strokes
Radical

巛川 (kawa・magekawa・magarigawa)辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
to patrol to revolve tour to go around circulate circuit cycle inspect orbit round rotate traverse pilgrimage