KANJI: KAI E (cycle, n-times, round, game, revolve)

ASCII Art Representation:

 
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Character Etymology:

A stylization of a spiral-like symbol showing circular motion.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KAI E
kun-yomi: mawa(ru) -mawa(ru) -mawa(ri) mawa(su) -mawa(su) mawa(shi-) -mawa(shi) motoo(ru) ka(eru)

English Definitions:

1. E, KAI: time; round, game, bout, heat, inning, innings; go around.
2. megu(ru), mawa(ru): [turn, go around, revolve, rotate, spin, gyrate; patrol, tour, take effect (medicine); be distributed; be past (time); be transferred.
3. mawa(rasu), mawa(su): turn, revolve, rotate; circularize; pass around; forward, transmit; refer to; transfer; lend money].
4. motoo(ru): wander around.
5. mawa(ri): rotation; circumference, girth, surroundings, border, detour, tour; efficacy or effect (or something taken); spread (of flames).
6. mawa(shi): loin cloth; cape, mantle.
7. megu(rasu): enclose, surround; turn, turn around; ponder; devise.
8. mawa(rikudoi): circuitous.
9. -mawa(ri): via; a round, a turn; a size; a cycle (12 years).

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 941
Henshall: 86

Unicode Encoded Version:

回

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

回転 (kaiten): revolution.
回数 (kaisuu): frequency.
回虫 (kaichuu): roundworm, ascarid.

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