回 Kanji – -times
The Japanese kanji 回 can mean -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences.
Meaning and Readings
How is 回 read?
回 has the onyomi readings カイ, エ and the kunyomi readings 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.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kai, e, mawaru, mawari, mawasu, mawashi, motooru, kaeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 回
These common Japanese words contain 回. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一回（いっかい） — once, one time, one round, one game, one bout, one heat, one inning
- 一回り（ひとまわり） — one round, one turn, a circuit (of)
- 何回（なんかい） — how many times
- 回（かい） — counter for occurrences
- 回し（まわし） — mawashi, belt, loincloth
- 回す（まわす） — to turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate
- 回り道（まわりみち） — detour, circuitous route, diversion
- 回忌（かいき） — death anniversary, anniversary of a person's death
- 回帰（かいき） — return (to), revolution, recurrence
- 回顧（かいこ） — recollecting, reminiscing, looking back, retrospection, review