Japanese symbol for “cw”

時計回り

とけいまわり

Romaji: tokeimawari

clockwise rotation; CW

In Japanese, cw is 時計回り, read とけいまわり (tokeimawari).

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Meanings

n clockwise rotation; CW

Kanji and stroke order

時

time, hour

on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき

10 strokes · JLPT 4

計

plot, plan, scheme

on: ケイ
kun: はか.る、はか.らう

9 strokes · JLPT 3

回

-times, round, game

on: カイ、エ
kun: まわ.る、-まわ.る、-まわ.り、まわ.す

6 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “cw”

Word	Reading	Meaning
右回り	みぎまわり migimawari	clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
時間	じかん jikan	time
時代	じだい jidai	period; epoch; era
時期	じき jiki	time; season; period
当時	とうじ touji	at that time; in those days
一時	いちじ ichiji	one o'clock
同時	どうじ douji	same time
計画	けいかく keikaku	plan; project; schedule
設計	せっけい sekkei	plan; design; layout
今回	こんかい konkai	this time; now

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.