旋

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旋 U+65CB, 旋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65CB
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Translingual

Han character

旋 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人弓人 (YSONO), four-corner 08281, composition ⿸𭤨疋 or ⿰方𭻾)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 483, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 845, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2181, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+65CB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 旋
2nd round simp. 𭻾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
旋 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇 *sɢʷan
琁 *sɢʷan
蜁 *sɢʷan
嫙 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼 *sɢʷans

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 㫃 (“flag”) + 疋 (“foot”). Like the waving of a flag in the wind, represents turning around of a foot, or rotating.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • soân - literary;
  • chn̂g, sn̂g - vernacular.
Note:
  • suêng5/suang5 - literary (suêng5 - Chaozhou);
  • zeng5 - dialectal usage.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 旋
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyan³⁵/
Harbin /ɕyan²⁴/ 周～
Tianjin /ɕyan⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕyã⁴²/
Qingdao /syã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /syan⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕyã²⁴/
Xining /ɕyã²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕyan⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕyɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕyan⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕyan³¹/
Guiyang /ɕian²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /syen²⁴/
Hefei /ɕyĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕye⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕye̞¹³/ ～轉
Hohhot /ɕye³¹/ ～轉
Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
Suzhou /ziɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹³/
/d͡ʑiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /jy²²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰye⁴⁴/
Tunxi /siɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /siẽ¹³/
/t͡siẽ¹¹/
Xiangtan /ɕyẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ɕyɵn⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰion⁵³/ 髮～
/sien¹¹/ ～轉
Taoyuan /sien¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /syn²¹/
Nanning /ɬyn²¹/
Hong Kong /syn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /suan³⁵/
/sŋ̍³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /suoŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡syiŋ⁴⁴/
/syiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tuaŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 旋
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似宣切
Baxter zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwian/
Li
Rong 		/ziuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 旋
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ɢʷen/
English turn around; return

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 旋
Reading # 1/2
No. 14043
Phonetic
component 		旋
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		旋
Old
Chinese 		/*sɢʷan/

Definitions

旋

  1. to revolve; to turn
  2. to return; to go back; to come home
  3. circle; loop; cycle
  4. immediately
  5. (Classical) to urinate

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 旋
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyan⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕyan⁵³/ ～車軸
Tianjin
Jinan /ɕyã²¹/ ～子
Qingdao
Zhengzhou
Xi'an
Xining
Yinchuan
Lanzhou
Ürümqi
Wuhan
Chengdu
Guiyang
Kunming
Nanjing
Hefei
Jin Taiyuan
Pingyao /ɕye̞³⁵/ ～風
Hohhot /ɕye⁵⁵/ ～風
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou
Hangzhou
Wenzhou
Hui Shexian
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha
Xiangtan
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou
Nanning
Hong Kong
Min Xiamen (Hokkien)
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
Jian'ou (Northern Min)
Shantou (Teochew)
Haikou (Hainanese)
Rime
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 辝戀切
Baxter zjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ziuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjwenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ɢʷen-s/
English whorl of hair on the head

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
No. 14052
Phonetic
component 		旋
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		㳬
Old
Chinese 		/*sɢʷans/

Definitions

旋

  1. revolving; turning; circling
  2. at the time
  3. Alternative form of 鏇 (xuàn, “to pare”)
  4. Alternative form of 鏇 (xuàn, “hot water container for warming wine”)
  5. Internet slang written form of 楦 (xuàn, “to stuff into mouth to eat”)
    alt. forms: 炫

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Note: also written as 轉／转.
Rime
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 辝戀切
Baxter zjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ziuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjwenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ɢʷen-s/
English whorl of hair on the head

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 旋
Reading # 2/2
No. 14052
Phonetic
component 		旋
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		㳬
Old
Chinese 		/*sɢʷans/

Definitions

旋

  1. whorl on the head
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 髮旋
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 旋兒
Harbin 旋兒
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 旋兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 旋兒, 頭髮旋兒
Xi'an 旋
Xining 旋, 頭髮旋兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 旋
Ürümqi 旋兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 旋兒
Chongqing 旋兒
Guiyang 旋
Kunming 頂
Liuzhou 旋
Cantonese Guangzhou 轉
Hong Kong 轉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 轉
Macau 頭髮轉
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頭髮轉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 轉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 轉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 轉
Foshan 轉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 轉
Foshan (Shunde) 轉
Foshan (Sanshui) 轉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 轉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頭髮轉
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 頭髮轉
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 頭轉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頭轉
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頭轉
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 轉
Taishan 旋
Kaiping (Chikan) 頂
Enping (Niujiang) 串
Heshan (Yayao) 頭髮轉
Dongguan 腦殼轉
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頭轉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 轉
Gan Nanchang 旋
Lichuan 旋兒
Pingxiang 旋
Hakka Meixian 旋
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 旋
Dongguan (Qingxi) 㾭禾旋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 旋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 頭那毛轉
Heyuan (Bendihua) 旋
Wengyuan 旋
Liannan 旋
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 旋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 毛旋
Changting 旋
Wuping (Yanqian) 旋
Ninghua 旋
Ningdu 腦頂
Tonggu (Sandu) 旋
Ganzhou (Panlong) 旋
Dayu 旋
Hong Kong 旋
Mengshan (Xihe) 旋
Luchuan 旋
Senai (Huiyang) 旋
Huizhou Jixi 旋
Northern Min Jian'ou 旋
Southern Min Xiamen 旋
Xiamen (Tong'an) 旋
Quanzhou 旋
Yongchun 旋
Zhangzhou 旋
Taipei 旋
New Taipei (Sanxia) 旋
Kaohsiung 旋
Yilan 旋
Changhua (Lukang) 旋
Taichung 旋
Taichung (Wuqi) 旋
Tainan 旋
Taitung 旋
Hsinchu 旋
Kinmen 旋
Penghu (Magong) 旋
Manila (Hokkien) 旋
Shantou 旋
Shantou (Chenghai) 旋
Jieyang 旋
Haifeng 旋
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 旋
Haikou 淵
Wu Shanghai 頭腡, 旋腡, 腡
Hangzhou 旋
Ningbo 旋
Jinhua 旋
Xiang Changsha 旋
Loudi 旋
Hengyang 旋

References

  • “旋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “旋”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Kanji

旋

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぜん (zen)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
  • Kun: めぐる (meguru, 旋る)、ゆばり (yubari)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 旋 (MC zjwen|zjwenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 션〯 (syěn) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

旋 (eumhun 돌 선 (dol seon))

  1. hanja form? of 선 (“revolve”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

旋: Hán Nôm readings: toàn, triệng, trình, triền, tuyền, xoan, xoăn, xoắn

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