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巡 = 辶 + 巛

巡 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “patrol”. It is built from 辶 (road) and 巛 (curving river). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 303.

Keyword
patrol
RTK frame
303
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
めぐ.る, めぐ.り
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
deluge, патрулирование
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
巡 patrol

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 辶 road
  2. 巛 curving river

How to find 巡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “curving river”. 巡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 巡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.