The kanji 巡 generally conveys the idea of "to patrol," "to go around," "to circulate," or "to visit". It often implies a movement that involves covering a certain area or a series of points. The core meaning revolves around the action of traversing a space or route.

・On-yomi (音読み): ジュン (ju-n) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): めぐ-る (megu-ru)

⚫︎ 巡回 Translation: patrol; rounds ⚫︎ 巡査 Translation: police officer (patrolman) ⚫︎ 巡る Translation: to go around; to surround

The kanji 巡 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side is a radical called ⻌ (しんにょう, shinnyou), which means "to walk" or "to move". The right side is 旬 (shu-n), which is related to "ten days" or "period". Therefore, the original meaning of 巡 may have referred to walking/moving around a certain area within a period, such as patrolling or going around to visit. The combination of these two elements creates the meaning of "to go around" or "to patrol".