廻

See also: 迴 and 回

廻 U+5EFB, 廻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFB ← 建 [U+5EFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 廼 → [U+5EFC]

Translingual

Traditional	迴
Simplified	回
Japanese	廻
Korean	廻

Han character

廻 (Kangxi radical 54, 廴+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓大田口 (NKWR), composition ⿺廴回)

Derived characters

• 𡹯, 𦂆, 𧍚, 𭫎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9575
• Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 404, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5EFB

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 廻 – see 迴 (“to revolve; to rotate; to avoid; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 迴).

Japanese

Kanji

廻

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. round
2. revolve
3. go around
4. circumference

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: めぐり (meguri, 廻り); めぐる (meguru, 廻る); まわる (mawaru, 廻る)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 廻 is mostly replaced by 回, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 廻 replaced by daiyōji 回

迂回

回天

回転

回廊

Compounds

• 廻送(かいそう) (kaisō)
• 廻転(かいてん) (kaiten)
• 廻廊(かいろう) (kairō)
• 輪廻(りんね) (rinne)

Korean

Hanja

廻 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe)

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Vietnamese

Han character

廻: Hán Việt readings: hồi
廻: Nôm readings: hồi, hùi

1. Alternative form of 回 (“chữ Hán form of hồi.”)
2. Alternative form of 迴 (“chữ Hán form of hồi.”)