回

-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

エカイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-まわ.し-まわ.す-まわ.り-まわ.るか.えるまわ.し-まわ.すまわ.るもとお.る

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:6

JLPT:N3

Frequency:50

Vocabulary

エ

Word	Reading	Meaning
回向	エコウ	memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit
回向文	エコウモン	closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
自力回向	ジリキエコウ	attempting to reach enlightenment only through merit one has accumulated by oneself
回向偈	エコウゲ	closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
回心	エシン	conversion

カイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
回忌	カイキ	death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death
回帰	カイキ	return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
回顧	カイコ	recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
回収	カイシュウ	collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
回数	カイスウ	number of times; frequency; count

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一回	いっかい	once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat; one inning
一回り	ひとまわり	one round; one turn; a circuit (of); one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
何回	なんかい	how many times
回	かい	counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; game; episode; chapter; instalment; Hui (people); Islam
回し	まわし	mawashi; belt; loincloth; mantle; cape; gang rape

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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