巡 — Chinese character

巡

xún

to cruise, to inspect, to patrol

Pinyin: xún
Radical: 162 ⾡ (Walk)
Strokes: 6
Components: 辶巛
Formation: ideographic — To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation
Japanese: 巡 as a kanji

Common words with 巡

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
巡逻 (巡邏)	xún luó	to patrol
巡抚 (巡撫)	xún fǔ	inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
巡视 (巡視)	xún shì	to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes
巡回 (巡迴)	xún huí	to go around; to roam; to tour
巡演	xún yǎn	(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡回演出 (xún huí yǎn chū))
巡航	xún háng	(military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed
巡洋舰 (巡洋艦)	xún yáng jiàn	cruiser (warship); battle cruiser
巡游 (巡遊)	xún yóu	to cruise; to patrol
巡警	xún jǐng	police patrol; patrol officer
巡礼 (巡禮)	xún lǐ	to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site); to go on a sightseeing tour
巡查	xún chá	to patrol
巡回演出 (巡迴演出)	xún huí yǎn chū	(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances

English words written with 巡

巡 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 3

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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