巡

patrol, go around, circumference

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジュン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

めぐ.りめぐ.る

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1262

Vocabulary

ジュン

Word	Reading	Meaning
巡回	ジュンカイ	going around; patrol; round; tour
巡業	ジュンギョウ	provincial tour
巡航	ジュンコウ	cruise; cruising
巡査	ジュンサ	police officer; policeman; constable
巡視	ジュンシ	inspection tour

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
お巡りさん	おまわりさん	police officer
巡り会う	めぐりあう	to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
巡る	めぐる	to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to enclose; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return; to repeat; to circulate (of blood, money, etc.); to travel around; to make a tour of; to concern (a matter); to surround
張り巡らす	はりめぐらす	to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
堂々巡り	どうどうめぐり	going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

environs, boundary, border, vicinity

return, answer, fade, repay

near, early, akin, tantamount

welcome, meet, greet

urge, force, imminent, spur on

transfer, alternation

mention, state, speak, relate