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Kanji Detail for 巡 - "to patrol, tour"

巡

  • Meaning

    巡 means "to patrol, tour." Also associated with to revolve.

    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.

  • Words using 巡

    • 巡査 じゅんさ Listen police officer; policeman; constable
    • 巡業 じゅんぎょう Listen provincial tour
    • 巡視 じゅんし Listen inspection tour
    • 巡航 じゅんこう Listen cruise; cruising
    • お巡りさん おまわりさん Listen police officer

  • Four-character idioms with 巡

    • 狐疑逡巡 こぎしゅんじゅん Listen being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision
    • 躊躇逡巡 ちゅうちょしゅんじゅん Listen hesitation and vacillation
    • 遅疑逡巡 ちぎしゅんじゅん Listen shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision

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    • Verified meaning: to patrol, tour
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じゅん, めぐり, めぐる)
    • Also carries these associations: to revolve

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 巡

    Given names 巡(じゅん)Listen 巡(めぐり)Listen 巡(めぐる)Listen

  • 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

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    jun(ジュン) ジュン

  • Kunyomi

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    megu.ru(めぐ-る) めぐ-る

    meguri(めぐり) めぐり

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    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

Sentences including 巡

  • Let's visit some temples tomorrow.

  • Here comes a copper !

  • The lot fell to her to help him.

  • A policeman was sent for at once.

  • He has been speculating on his future.

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