Kanji Detail for 循 - "follow, circulate, cycle"

循

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
循 means "follow, circulate, cycle."
1. Follow - To go along a path.
2. Circulate - To move in a cycle.
3. Obey - To comply with rules.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sequential; follow

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

obey, comply with, follow

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to follow; to adhere to; to abide by

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to obey, to follow, to comply with

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

To follow. To observe. Such as 循法, 循理, meaning following law and principle. Also, good officials are called 循吏. | To follow along. Such as "walking along the wall," "going south along the mountain." Also interchangeable with 巡. Such as 巡行 also as 循行. Doing nothing is 因循. Going around in circles is 循環, same meaning. | To soothe. Comforting someone is 拊循, meaning stroking to put at ease, like pressing to make level. | 循循: Orderly appearance. Such as 循循善誘. See (Analects).
Onyomi

jun(じゅん)
Kunyomi

megu.ru(めぐる)

shitaga.u(したがう)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

彳 (gyonimben)
Related Keywords
follow circulate obey conform comply adhere trace along cycle rotation circuit round repeat recur inspect patrol soothe comfort sequential