旋

旋 U+65CB, 旋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65CB ← 旊 [U+65CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 旌 → [U+65CC]

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		旋

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 + 疋 (“foot”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 旋

1. to revolve; to turn
2. to return; to go back; to come home
3. circle; loop; cycle
4. immediately

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuànr
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: sywànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
    • Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 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)

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• Middle Chinese: zjwenH

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷans/

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. *[t] 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

(deprecated template usage) 旋

1. revolving; turning; circling
2. at the time
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鏇 (“to pare”).
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鏇 (“hot water container for warming wine”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dun⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhion

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qion⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chūiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-ʼrh
    • Yale: sywánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
    • Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyun⁶
    • Yale: jyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn²²/

Note: also written as 轉／转.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tun³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhion
    • Hakka Romanization System: qion
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qion⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qion⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiɔn⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chūiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suĩ²²/
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡suĩ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zeng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwenH

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷans/

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. *[t] 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

(deprecated template usage) 旋

1. whorl on the head

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

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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)

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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

Wikisource

旋 (eumhun 돌 선 (dol seon))

1. hanja form^? of 선 (“revolve”)

Compounds

• 알선 (斡旋, alseon, “recommendation”)
• 주선 (周旋, juseon, “arrangement”)
• 선회 (旋回, seonhoe, “revolution; rotation”)
• 선풍 (旋風, seonpung, “whirlwind”)
• 나선 (螺旋, naseon, “a helix, a spiral”)
• 개선 (凱旋, gaeseon, “a triumphant return”)

(deprecated template usage)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 旋 (toàn, triệng, trình, triền, tuyền)

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