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Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingカイ、エ
Kun readingまわ.る、-まわ.る、-まわ.り、まわ.す、-まわ.す、まわ.し-、-まわ.し、もとお.る、か.える
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. -timesRtK
  2. counter for occurrences
  3. game
  4. revolve
  5. round
    彼は第３コーナーを回ったところでレースを諦めた。He threw away the race after rounding the third turn.tatoeba
  1. a time
  2. an instance
  3. inning (baseball)

Popular Usage

回る回復今回回数回転回答回数券回収回送回覧回路後回し

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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times · pent in (囗) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 630

Compound words

回るまわる
to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to go around
回復かいふく
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement
今回こんかい
this time; now
回数かいすう
number of times; frequency; count
回転かいてん
rotation; revolution; turn; spin; working (e.g. of one's mind)
回答かいとう
reply; answer
回数券かいすうけん
coupon tickets; discount tickets; book of tickets
上回るうわまわる
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
回すまわす
to turn; to rotate; to spin; to twist; to gyrate
回復するかいふくする
to restore; to recover
回答するかいとうする
to reply
回収かいしゅう
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
回送かいそう
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train); (train) returning to the station
回覧かいらん
circulation (esp. of documents); sending round
回路かいろ
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
後回しあとまわし
putting off; postponing
一回いっかい
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout
何回なんかい
how many times
回しまわし
mawashi; belt; loincloth; mantle; cape
回忌かいき
death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death
回帰かいき
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
回顧かいこ
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
回生かいせい
resurrection; resuscitation; coming back to life; regeneration; nth-year university student
回線かいせん
circuit; line

On Reading Examples

私たちは一日に三回、犬に餌を与えている。かい
We feed our dog three times a day.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は世界のあちこちを旅行して回った。まわる
He traveled about the world.tatoeba
彼は仕事人生は、野菜を積んで家々を回る小さな荷車から始まった。まわる
He began his career with a small vegetable cart which he took around from house to house.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は辺りを見回したが誰もいなかった。
He looked around, but he saw no one.tatoeba
彼は部屋中飛び回った。
He jumped about the room.tatoeba
彼は部屋を見回した。
He looked around the room.tatoeba
彼は部屋の中で立ち上がって辺りを見回した。
He stood up in the room and looked around.tatoeba
二個師団を上回る兵力が台湾占領にあたった。
The troops comprising of more than two divisions were assigned the duty of conquering Taiwan.wiki
全国の平均合格率は40.2%で、大きく下回る。
It was well below the national average of the successful applicants ratio, 40.2%.wiki
疲労回復などの薬効
Medicinal effects such as recovery from fatiguewiki
-小康状態に回復。
Recovers to a temporary lull.wiki
昼間割引共通回数券
Books of discounted tickets commonly usable in the daytimewiki
回数券の設定もある。
Multiple-ride tickets are also available.wiki
回転寿司も見られる。
There are also kaitenzushi.wiki
詳しくは回転寿司を参照のこと。
See the details in the section on kaitenzushi.wiki
回答は、次の通りであったという。
He was told as follows.wiki
法律相談　読者からの法律相談に回答。
"Legal aid services"answers legal questions from the readers.wiki
これらは源平の壇ノ浦の戦いにおいては回収された。
These were collected after the Battle of Dan-no-ura between the Minamoto and Taira clans.wiki
寿司桶は使用後に、店舗が出前先を再訪し回収する。
After a sushi oke is used, the restaurant revisits the customer to collect it.wiki
特急列車の回送を兼ねたもの。
These engines are used for returning to the yard while carrying passengers on a limited express.wiki
淀屋橋発は2本とも寝屋川車庫から回送。
Each of the two trains departing from Yodoyabashi was deadheaded from the Neyagawa depot.wiki
この迂回路は新本町通という名称を持つ。
The detour is called Shin-motomachi-dori Street.wiki
百々橋口道及び主郭部周辺をめぐる周回路を調査する。
In 1995, Dodobashiguchi-michi Road and roads running around the castle were investigated.wiki

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