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: くち(口)

Meaning

Turn / Rotate / Revolve / Times (counter)

Conjugation
Tap for 回る (turn) Tap for 回す (spin)
  • かい — times (counter); a round
  • 回転かいてん — rotation; spinning
  • 一回いっかい — one time
  • 回収かいしゅう — collection; retrieval; recovery
  • 回線かいせん — (communication) line; circuit
  • 回答かいとう — answer; response
  • 回路かいろ — (electrical) circuit
  • 挽回ばんかい — recovery; redemption; making up for
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
  • はしまわる — run around
  • あるまわる — walk around
  • まわる — fly around; flit about
  • およまわる — swim around
  • さがまわる — search everywhere
  • まわる — look around; visit places
  • いてまわる — ask around
  • 使つかまわす — reuse; use repeatedly
  • まわす — say repeatedly; rephrase again and again
  • まわす — swing around; push around; manipulate

回 shows something “enclosed and going around” — like movement inside a loop. It appears in everyday counting (一回 “one time”), physical rotation (回転), and many compound verbs that mean “go around doing something” (探し回る, 見て回る) or “use/turn something repeatedly” (使い回す).

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