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Translingual
Han character
循 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人竹十山 (HOHJU), four-corner 22264, composition ⿰彳盾)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 369, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10187
- Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 835, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5FAA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 盾
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*l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ
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| 遁
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*l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns
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| 循
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*ljun
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| 揗
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*ljun, *ɦljunʔ, *ɦljuns
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| 楯
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*ljun, *l̥ʰun, *ɦljunʔ
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| 輴
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*l̥ʰun
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| 腯
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*l'uːd
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| 鍎
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*l'uːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljun) : semantic 彳 (“movement”) + phonetic 盾 (OC *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ) – to follow (movement).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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循
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xún
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zwin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sə.lu/
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| English
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follow
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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循
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2626
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Phonetic
component
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盾
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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旬
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Old
Chinese
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/*ljun/
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Definitions
循
- to obey; to comply with; to follow
循著老師的指示 [MSC, trad.]
循着老师的指示 [MSC, simp.]- xúnzhe lǎoshī de zhǐshì
- following the teacher's instructions
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
循
(Jōyō kanji)
- sequential
Readings
Korean
Hanja
循 • (sun) (hangeul 순)
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Vietnamese
Han character
循: Hán Nôm readings: tuần
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