What is the Kanji for "Go around" and "Patrol"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Go around" and "Patrol", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Go around" and "Patrol" is "巡".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Megu".

Its onyomi reading is "Jun".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "⻌" means "Walk" . And The component "巛" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "巡" mean in japanese?

"巡" means "Go around" and "Patrol".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

巡る: "Move around" or "Go through". The Japanese verb '巡る (めぐる)' has two main meanings. The first meaning is 'to move around' or 'to go around', often used to describe the action of traveling or moving in a circular route. For example: The tourists are moving around the city - (観光客が街を巡っている). The second meaning is 'to go through' or 'to cover', often used to describe the action of examining or inspecting something thoroughly. For example: The committee members will go through all the proposals - (委員会メンバーがすべての提案を巡る).

お巡りさん: "Policeman". The noun 'お巡りさん (おまわりさん)' refers to a police officer or policeman in Japan. It is a polite and respectful way to refer to a police officer. This term is commonly used in everyday conversation and is considered more courteous than simply saying 'police'. For example: The policeman directed traffic - (お巡りさんが交通整理をしていた). I saw a policeman on the street - (お巡りさんを通りで見かけた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "め" is read as "me". And The hiragana "ぐ" is read as "gu".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.