Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels)

    エンジンを空回りさせちゃいかん。長持ちさせたいからね。
    Don't race the car. We want to make it go as far as possible.
  2. going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Kun
そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい
On
クウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
304 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

うつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-5-3SKIP code
3m5.12The Kanji Dictionary
3010.1Four corner code
772deroo
7a7aUnicode hex code
1-22-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3317Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4192New Nelson (John Haig)
2227New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2767Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1317Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
723Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25415Morohashi
15A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
140Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65sakade
77Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
66henshall3
73Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
304crowley
461Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
1452Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1327Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kong1, kong4Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
まわ.る-まわ.る-まわ.りまわ.す-まわ.すまわ.し--まわ.しもとお.るか.える
On
カイ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
50 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3s3.1The Kanji Dictionary
6060.0Four corner code
3777deroo
56deUnicode hex code
1-18-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1028Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
941New Nelson (John Haig)
3055New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3793Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
586Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
630Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
64A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
309Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
571Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4690Morohashi
86A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168sakade
141Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
92henshall3
118Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
421crowley
162Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
338Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
593Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hui2Pinyin reading
hoeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level