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旋
旋
Translingual
Han character
旋 (radical 70 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人弓人 (YSONO), four-corner 08281, composition ⿸⿰方𠂉疋)
References
- KangXi: page 483, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13656
- Dae Jaweon: page 845, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2181, character 4
- Unihan data for U+65CB
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) : 㫃 + 疋 (“foot”).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syun4
- Min Dong (BUC): siòng
- Min Nan (POJ): soân / chn̂g / sn̂g / chn̄g / soan
- Wu (Wiktionary): xxi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsüan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
- Wade-Giles: hsüanrh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
- IPA (key): /ɕɥɑɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: syun4
- Yale: syùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn4
- IPA (key): /ɕyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
- IPA (key): /suoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
- Tâi-lô: suân
- Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /suan²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /suan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /suan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g
- Tâi-lô: tsn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: zngg
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sn̂g
- Tâi-lô: sn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: sngg
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
- Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
- Phofsit Daibuun: zng
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
- Tâi-lô: suan
- Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
- IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/
- Note: soân - literary; chn̂g/sn̂g/chn̄g - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xxi (T3)
- IPA (key): /ʑ̻i²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- 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/ 發～ /sien¹¹/ ～轉 |
| Taoyuan | /sien¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /syn²¹/ |
| Nanning | /ɬyn²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /syn²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/suan³⁵/ /sŋ̍³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /suoŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/t͡syiŋ⁴⁴/ /syiŋ²¹/ |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /suaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ziuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/zʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/zjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xuán |
| 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; | |
| 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
- to revolve; to turn
- to return; to go back; to come home
- circle; loop; cycle
- whorl on the head
- immediately
Compounds
Derived terms from 旋
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsüan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
- IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
- Wade-Giles: hsüanrh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
- IPA (key): /ɕɥɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- 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 (Min Nan) | |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | ||
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | ||
| Shantou (Min Nan) | ||
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ziuᴇnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/zʷiɛnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/zjuænH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zwianH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziuɛnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭwɛnH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯wɛnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xuàn |
| 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; | |
| 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
- revolving; turning; circling
- at the time
- Alternative form of 鏇 (“to pare”).
- Alternative form of 鏇 (“hot water container for warming wine”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
旋
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
旋 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
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