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Kanji Detail for 巡 - "patrol, tour, circulate"
巡
- Meaning
巡 means "patrol, tour, circulate."
To go around - To circle; to tour; to walk around.
To patrol - To inspect by going around.
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.
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