Memory phrase for the character: 巡

巡

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Meaning

patrol, go around, circumference

Pronunciation

JUN
meguru

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: 巛 (var. of river 川, here: the badge of rank of US-army sergeants)

Mnemonic
 
The movement of the US-sergeant is the patrol.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus with the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
巛 variant of a riverRadical megarigawa - commonly it is used 川 for river.
川 riverThe water 水 is simplified here as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.




 Vocabulary

巡る めぐる  to go around
巡査 じゅんさ  police, policeman

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