旋

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

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

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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): 㫃 + 疋 (“foot”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): siòng
• Min Nan (POJ): soân / chn̂g / sn̂g / chn̄g / soan
• Wu (Wiktionary): xxi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüanrh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
    • IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
    • Tâi-lô: suân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: sn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /sŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan
    • Tâi-lô: suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴/

Note:

• soân - literary;
• chn̂g/sn̂g/chn̄g - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: xxi (T3)
  • IPA ^(key): /ʑ̻i²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /ziuᴇn/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷen/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/

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; * 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 #	1/2
No.	14043
Phonetic component	旋
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/

Definitions

旋

1. to revolve; to turn
2. to return; to go back; to come home
3. circle; loop; cycle
4. whorl on the head
5. immediately

Compounds

Derived terms from 旋

• 不旋踵
• 不足回旋
• 主旋律 (zhǔxuánlǜ)
• 亂旋／乱旋
• 便旋
• 假意周旋
• 僅容旋馬／仅容旋马
• 凱旋／凯旋 (kǎixuán)
• 凱旋門／凯旋门 (kǎixuánmén)
• 反氣旋／反气旋 (fǎnqìxuán)
• 周旋 (zhōuxuán)
• 周旋到底
• 回旋 (huíxuán)
• 回旋梯
• 壇坫週旋／坛坫周旋
• 天旋地轉／天旋地转 (tiānxuándìzhuǎn)
• 天旋日轉／天旋日转
• 從中斡旋／从中斡旋
• 急旋旋
• 戰不旋踵／战不旋踵
• 打旋
• 打旋磨
• 打盤旋／打盘旋
• 敗不旋踵／败不旋踵

• 斡旋 (wòxuán)
• 旋乾轉坤／旋干转坤
• 旋光性
• 旋兒／旋儿
• 旋即
• 旋室
• 旋宮／旋宫
• 旋律 (xuánlǜ)
• 旋旋
• 旋木雀
• 旋毛蟲／旋毛虫
• 旋石
• 旋繞／旋绕
• 旋翼
• 旋胡
• 旋螺
• 旋踵
• 旋車盤／旋车盘
• 旋轉／旋转 (xuánzhuǎn)
• 旋轉乾坤／旋转干坤
• 旋轉球／旋转球
• 旋轉餐廳／旋转餐厅
• 旋轉體／旋转体 (xuánzhuǎntǐ)
• 旋辟

• 旋里
• 槃旋／盘旋
• 機不旋踵／机不旋踵
• 死不旋踵
• 氣旋／气旋 (qìxuán)
• 疾如旋踵
• 盤旋／盘旋 (pánxuán)
• 盤旋曲折／盘旋曲折
• 禍不旋踵／祸不旋踵
• 胡旋舞
• 螺旋 (luóxuán)
• 螺旋槳／螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)
• 螺旋狀／螺旋状
• 螺旋菌
• 螺旋體／螺旋体
• 計不旋踵／计不旋踵
• 輪旋曲／轮旋曲
• 迴旋／回旋
• 迴旋曲／回旋曲
• 逐旋
• 鈞旋轂轉／钧旋毂转
• 錦旋／锦旋
• 面旋

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüanrh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɑɻ⁵¹/

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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 (Min Nan)
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)
	Shantou (Min Nan)
	Haikou (Min Nan)

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• Middle Chinese: /ziuᴇn^H/▼

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

• 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

旋

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 旋

• 旋子
• 旋風／旋风 (xuànfēng)

• 旋風腳／旋风脚
• 旋風裝／旋风装

• 溫帶氣旋／温带气旋

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Japanese

Kanji

旋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: 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

Hanja

旋 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

旋 (toàn, triệng, trình, triền, tuyền)

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