EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 8
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to turn; to rotate; to spin; to twist; to gyrate

    いや、それじゃだめだ。逆になるようにまわしてごらん。
    No, that's not the right way. You have to turn it the other way round.
  2. to pass around; to send around; to hand around; to circulate

  3. to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to bring; to transfer; to forward; to direct; to submit

  4. to turn (to a new use); to use (for something else)

  5. to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine); to start up (e.g. an engine); to give (something) a spin

  6. to put (someone in a position); to make (e.g. an enemy of)

  7. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'su' ending

    to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play); to do all over; to do everywhere; to do completely

    after the -masu stem of a verb

  8. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to surround (something) with; to enclose with

  9. to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist); to reach around

  10. to invest (money); to lend

  11. to dial (a telephone number)

  12. to gang-rape

    see 輪姦す

  13. to operate (e.g. business, shop)

Also written 廻す【まわす】

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Characters in this word

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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、エ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
50 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 5

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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