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Kanji Detail for 回 - "to rotate, to turn"

回

  • Meaning

    回 means "to rotate, to turn." Also associated with to return.

    1. To rotate - To go around; to spin repeatedly.

    2. To turn - To change direction; to face backward.

    3. To return - To change back; to restore to original.

  • Words using 回

    • 今回 こんかい Listen this time; now
    • 前回 ぜんかい Listen previous time; last time; previous installment
    • 回戦 かいせん Listen event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
    • 回答 かいとう Listen reply; answer
    • 一回 いっかい Listen once; one time; one round
    • 回収 かいしゅう Listen collection; recovery; withdrawal
    • 回数 かいすう Listen number of times; frequency; count
    • 次回 じかい Listen next time (occasion)

  • Four-character idioms with 回

    • 起死回生 きしかいせい Listen revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation
    • 名誉挽回 めいよばんかい Listen restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
    • 失地回復 しっちかいふく Listen the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending
    • 永劫回帰 えいごうかいき Listen eternal recurrence; eternal return

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    • Verified meaning: to rotate, to turn
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きざはし, まがり, まわり, めぐり)
    • Also carries these associations: to return

    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 回

    Surnames 回(きざはし)Listen 回(まがり)Listen 回(まわり)Listen 回(めぐり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    return, turn around; a time

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to return, to turn around; a time

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

    To turn around. Going and returning is all called 回. | Devious; crooked. (Mencius) "Managing virtue without crookedness." | Once is called 一回. One chapter of a novel is called 一回. | A religion name. Created by Muhammad of Arabia. During Song and Yuan, the various Hui countries all followed it. When it spread to China, it was called 回教 (Islam). Now prevalent in Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, India, Arabia, and North Africa. Found in all provinces of our country, especially prevalent in the west. | An ethnic name. Residents in Xinjiang and other places of our country mostly follow Islam. Hence they are called 回族 (Hui people). | 回回: An ancient state name. Later absorbed by Yuan. Now Central Asia and Iran were all its territory. | 迴避 (avoidance) was originally written as 回. Read in departing tone. See (Book of Han).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    e(エ) エ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.eru(か-える) か-える

    mawa.shi(まわ-し) まわ-し

    mawa.su(まわ-す) まわ-す

    mawari(まわ-り) まわ-り

    mawaru(まわ-る) まわ-る

    motoo.ru(もとお-る) もとお-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    囗 (kunigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    to rotate to return to turn change circulate reorient restore reverse revolution around back circle cycle gyrate loop orbit oscillate pivot reel repeatedly revolve roll spin swirl swivel twist

Sentences including 回

  • She looked around , but she couldn't see anything.

  • How often do you study english at school?

  • Turn this to the right , and the machine will start.

  • I repeated the word several times for her.

  • Take this medicine for your cold three times a day.

  • Please go around to the side of the house.

  • She went to the house several times.

  • Let's try once again.

  • How often do you see him?

  • He has visited europe several times.

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