転

See also: 轉

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Etymology

Simplified from 轉 (專 → 云). Compare 伝 from 傳.

Han character

転 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十一一戈 (JJMMI), composition ⿰車云)

1. shift, move, turn

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1241, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38234
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3517, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8EE2

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Japanese

Shinjitai	転
Kyūjitai	轉

Kanji

転

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 轉)

1. (to) shift
2. (to) move
3. (to) turn

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
• Kun: ころぶ (korobu, 転ぶ, Jōyō)、ころがす (korogasu, 転がす, Jōyō)、ころがる (korogaru, 転がる, Jōyō)、ころげる (korogeru, 転げる, Jōyō)、めぐる (meguru)、まろぶ (marobu, 転ぶ)、うつる (utsuru, 転る)
• Nanori: うたた (utata)

Compounds

• 転(てん)移(い) (ten'i): transition; transference
• 移(い)転(てん) (iten): transfer
• 転(てん)生(せい) (tensei): transmigration
• 転(てん)学(がく) (tengaku): transmigration between faculties/schools