Kanji 回

音読おんよみ: カイ・エ

訓読くんよみ: まわ・まわ

画数かくすう: 6

部首ぶしゅ: 口(くち)

Meaning

Turn / Rotate / Revolve / Times (counter)

  • Basic forms
  • 回る — to turn; to go around; to rotate / base form
  • 回ります — (something) turns; goes around / masu form
  • 回った — turned; went around / ta form
  • 回って — turn and …; go around and … / te-form
  • 回らない — does not turn / negative form
  • 回れば — if (it) turns / conditional
  • 回れ・回りなさい — turn!; go around! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 回りたい — want to go around / 〜たい form
  • 回れる — can go around; can turn / potential
  • 回れた — was able to turn / past potential
  • 回れない — cannot turn / negative potential
  • More
  • 回ろう — let’s go around; let’s rotate / 〜よう form
  • 回らなかった — didn’t turn / past negative
  • 回っている — is turning; is rotating / progressive

回る(まわる) is a godan verb ending in . Stem alternates as る → り → っ, producing forms like 回る・回ります・回って・回った. Used for physical rotation, going around places, or processes “making the rounds.”

  • 回転かいてん — rotation, spinning
  • 一回いっかい — one time
  • 挽回ばんかい — recovery, redemption, making up for
  • 回収かいしゅう — collection, retrieval, recovery (e.g. test papers, scattered items)
  • 回線かいせん — telephone/communication line; circuit
  • 回答かいとう — answer, response
  • 回路かいろ — (electrical) circuit

This kanji symbolizes something circling or looping around—think of water swirling. It’s often used for physical rotation and abstract repetition (like “one time” or “again”).

ドアがまわっています。
The door is spinning.

もう一回いっかい、おねがいします。
One more time, please.

転
Creates
回転かいてん — rotation, spinning
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