循環

じゅんかん · junkan · JLPT N2 · noun

rotation

循 = follow + 環 = ring: flow that keeps following a loop back to its start

循 means to follow or go around, and 環 means ring or loop. Together they describe movement that returns to where it began, such as blood circulating through the body or a cycle that repeats.

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