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Kanji-of-the-Day: ‘-times’ = 回

Posted in: Kanji by admin on March 14, 2011

The kanji for '-times': 回Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “-times” = 回.
It has 5 strokes.

The most common readings of this kanji character are: “KAI” 「カイ」 and “mawa~” 「まわ〜」.
For example: KAITEN shimasu「回転します」= revolve, rotate, turn.
Also: HYAKKAI「百回」= 100 times.
And: mawari「回り」= rotation; detour; efficacy.