Kanji 回

音読おんよみ: カイ・エ

訓読くんよみ: まわる・まわす

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 口(くち)

Meaning

turn, rotate, revolve, times (counter)


  • かい — counter for times, repetitions
  • まわる — to turn, rotate
  • まわす — to turn (something)
  • 回転かいてん — rotation, spinning
  • 一回いっかい — one time
  • 挽回ばんかい — recovery, redemption, making up for

This kanji symbolizes something circling or looping around—think of water swirling. It’s often used for physical rotation and abstract repetition (like “one time” or “again”).

ドアがまわっています。
The door is spinning.

もう一回いっかい、おねがいします。
One more time, please.

🎧 Practice the native pronunciation of 回.

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