廻

Phono-semantic compound:

廴 (long stride, extended movement) — semantic, indicating movement or going along a path.

回 (to return, to circle back) — phonetic, providing the sound.

Together they convey the sense of “moving in a circling or winding manner,” hence “to turn” or “to revolve.”

Semantic range:

- to turn, to circle, to revolve;

- to detour, to go around;

- figurative: to reconsider, to turn one’s mind back.

선회 (旋廻) — revolution, circling, rotation

순회 (巡廻) — touring, making rounds

윤회 (輪廻) — cycle of rebirth, reincarnation (Buddhist context)

회전 (回廻轉) — rotation, revolution

회피 (廻避) — evasion, avoidance