EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 5
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to turn; to rotate; to revolve; to spin

    踊り手はつま先立ってぐるぐると回った。
    The dancer spun on his toes.
  2. to go around; to circle; to revolve around; to orbit

  3. to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to travel around; to make a tour of; to patrol

  4. to go by way of; to go via; to stop by (on the way); to take a roundabout route; to make a detour

  5. to move around (to another place or position); to come around; to go over (e.g. to the opposing side)

  6. to come around (of one's turn); to be passed around (of a cup, circular, etc.)

  7. to function; to work well

  8. to spread; to extend (to; e.g. of one's attention); to reach; to take effect (of alcohol, poison, etc.)

  9. to pass (a time); to turn (e.g. 5 o'clock)

  10. to earn interest

  11. Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to ... around; to ... about

    after -masu stem of verbsee 走り回る

Also written 廻る【まわる】

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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