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.