What does kanji 繞 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 繞 is return.

How is kanji 繞 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 繞 are まとう, まわ.る, めぐ.る, もとう.る; the onyomi readings are ジョウ, ニョウ.

What words use kanji 繞?

Example words that use kanji 繞 include 繞, 繞く, 囲繞, 延繞.

Kanken 1

繞

Meaning

Kanji 繞

return

return, surround

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: まとうまわ.るめぐ.るもとう.る
Onyomi 音読み: ジョウニョウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 18
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 蟯 • 翹 • 磽 • 皢 • 趬 • 堯 • 僥

Related vocabulary

Showing 15 common entries

Showing 15 of 20 entries that include this kanji.

繞

にょう

kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji

繞く

しまく

to enclose

囲繞

いじょう

surrounding

延繞

えんにょう

kanji "stretch" radical (radical 54)

鬼繞

きにょう

kanji "demon" radical

支繞

えだにょう

kanji "branch" radical as enclosure

人繞

にんにょう

kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)

走繞

そうにょう

kanji "run" radical at left

爪繞

そうにょう

kanji "claw" radical at left

纏繞

てんじょう

twining around

文繞

ぶんにょう

kanji "literature" radical (radical 67)

凵繞

かんにょう

kanji "box" radical (radical 17)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

高い塀が庭を繞っている。

A high wall surrounds the garden.

川は町を繞って海へ流れていく。

The river flows around the town and then into the sea.

蔦が古い門に繞りついていた。

The vine was wrapped around the old gate.

霧が山の頂を繞っていた。

Mist surrounded the mountain peak.

彼は腕に布を繞って寒さをしのいだ。

He wrapped cloth around his arm to keep out the cold.