循

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

• 㵌, 𣛝, 𦅑, 𧝩

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

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Chinese

trad.		循
simp. #		循

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (盾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
盾	*l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ
遁	*l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns
循	*ljun
揗	*ljun, *ɦljunʔ, *ɦljuns
楯	*ljun, *l̥ʰun, *ɦljunʔ
輴	*l̥ʰun
腯	*l'uːd
鍎	*l'uːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljun) : semantic 彳 (“movement”) + phonetic 盾 (OC *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ) – to follow (movement).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴
    • Yale: chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zwin

Rime
Character	循
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳遵切
Baxter	zwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwin/
Li Rong	/ziuĕn/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.lu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	循
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xún
Middle Chinese	‹ zwin ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.lu[n]/
English	follow
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	循
Reading #	1/1
No.	2626
Phonetic component	盾
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	旬
Old Chinese	/*ljun/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 循

1. 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 [Pinyin]

   following the teacher's instructions

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Japanese

Kanji

循

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. sequential

Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau, 循う)

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Korean

Hanja

循 • (sun) (hangeul 순)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 循 (tuần)

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