Kanji

廻

round, game, revolve, go around, circumference

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

廴部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カイ, エ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まわる, まわす, もとおる, めぐる, めぐらす

Example sentences

廻る まわる
彼は一晩中、市内を車で廻った。

He drove around the city all night.

輪廻 りんね
インドの思想では、魂は永遠に輪廻を繰り返すとされている。

In Indian thought, it is said that the soul repeats the cycle of rebirth forever.

無始無終 むしむじゅう
僧侶は、輪廻を無始無終の流れとして語った。

The monk described the cycle of rebirth as a beginningless and endless flow.

廻す まわす
彼は会議の資料を全員に廻した。

He passed the meeting materials around to everyone.

Example Vocabulary

廻る

まわる

to go around; to revolve; to tour

輪廻

りんね

samsara; reincarnation; cycle of rebirth

廻す

まわす

to turn; to pass around; to route or transfer

廻り

まわり

輪廻転生

りんねてんしょう

見廻す

みまわす

廻る

まわる

to go around; to revolve; to tour

を廻って

をめぐって

廻し

まわし

見廻り

みまわり

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