回
カイ, エ, 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

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

JLPT3 G2 S6 F50

A depiction of one object rotating within another → *rotate*; *revolve*; *spin*; *turn/go around* → *pass around*; *spread* (of a fire); (of medicine/alcohol) *take effect*; *number of times*; *encircle*; *curve*; *return*; *detour*; *cycle*. Extended meanings include *refer to* (a specialist) and *transfer* (← pass around), as well as *sumo wrestler's belt* (← encircling object). 回 may be regarded as a variant of the cognate 冎/咼 (bone circulating in its joint).

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