巡
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to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辵 +3
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 巡
- Common rank
- #1,916
- Unicode
- U+5DE1
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 巡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation
Components 辶 巛
How to remember it
patrol · Heisig RSH #296
flood + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 巡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分巡兵备道 | (Qing dynasty) provincial surveillance and defense commission | |
| 巡回演出 | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances | |
| 定速巡航 | (automotive) cruise control | |
| 巡航导弹 | cruise missile | |
| 巡回法庭 | circuit court | |
| 海巡 | coast guard | |
| 巡行 | to patrol; to perambulate; to travel around within an area | |
| 出巡 | to go on an inspection tour | |
| 巡回 | to go around; to roam; to tour | |
| 巡视 | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a … | |
| 巡游 | to cruise; to patrol | |
| 巡礼 | to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site); to go on a sightseeing tour | |
| 巡航 | (military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed | |
| 巡测仪 | survey meter | |
| 巡查 | to patrol | |
| 巡洋舰 | cruiser (warship); battle cruiser | |
| 巡捕房 | (old) police station in a foreign concession 租界[zu1 jie4] | |
| 巡警 | police patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer | |
| 巡演 | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[… | |
| 巡逻车 | patrol car |