noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. rotation, revolution, turn, spin.
  2. working (e.g. of one's mind), function.
  3. turnover (of goods, funds, etc.), circulation, flow (of customers).
  4. Mathematics.rotation, curl.

noun

Sports term. Abbreviation.
  1. slalom (alpine skiing event).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
回転 かいてん
廻転 かいてん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

-times, round, game
カイ まわ.る エ (2nd, N3)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
revolve, turn around, change
テン ころ.がる うたた (3rd, N4)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)