転

See also: 轉

転	U+8EE2, 転 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EE2

← 軡

CJK Unified Ideographs

軣 →

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Etymology

Simplified from 轉 (專 → 云). Compare 伝 from 傳.

Han character

転 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十一一戈 (JJMMI), composition ⿰車云)

shift, move, turn

Derived characters

𫝚

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1241, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38234
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3517, character 4
Unihan data for U+8EE2

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 転 – see 轉 (“to turn; to revolve; to wind; to entwine; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 轉).

Japanese

Shinjitai	転
Kyūjitai	轉

Kanji

転

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 轉)

(to) shift
(to) move
(to) turn

Readings

Go-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
Kan-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
Kun: ころぶ (korobu, 転ぶ, Jōyō)、ころがす (korogasu, 転がす, Jōyō)、ころがる (korogaru, 転がる, Jōyō)、ころげる (korogeru, 転げる, Jōyō)、めぐる (meguru)、まろぶ (marobu, 転ぶ)、うつる (utsuru, 転る)、うたた (utata, 転た)
Nanori: うたた (utata)

Compounds

転(てん)移(い) (ten'i): transition; transference
移(い)転(てん) (iten): transfer
転(てん)生(せい) (tensei): transmigration
転(てん)学(がく) (tengaku): transmigration between faculties/schools

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
転
てん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
轉 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC trjwenX|trjwenH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てん (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

転(てん) • (ten)

alteration of a word in sound or meaning
「あたし」は「わたし」の転(てん)である。
“Atashi” wa “watashi” no ten de aru.
Atashi is an alteration of watashi.
Synonym of 転句 (tenku, “third line of a Chinese quatrain”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
転
うたた Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
轉 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 転 – see the following entry.

【うたた】

(literary) increasingly

Alternative spelling
転た

(This term, 転, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

転

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