轉

See also: 転 and 转

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tonʔ, *tons): semantic 車 ‎(“carriage”) + phonetic 專 ‎(OC *tjon)

Han character

轉 (radical 159 車+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十十十戈戈 (JJJII), four-corner 5504₃, composition ⿰車專)

1. shift, move, turn

Descendants

• 囀

References

• KangXi: page 1248, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38507
• Dae Jaweon: page 1726, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3552, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8F49

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Chinese

trad.		轉
simp.		转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuǎn, zhuàn (zhuan³, zhuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˇ, ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³, zyun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chón
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): choán / tńg

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuêng² / zuang² / deng² / ruêng² / ruang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chuan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯a̠n²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun³, zyun²
    • Yale: jyun, jyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³, dzyn²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyːn³³/, /t͡ɕyːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chón
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon³
    • IPA: /t͡son³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choán / tńg
    • Tâi-lô: tsuán / tńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarn, dngr
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan⁵³/, /tŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan⁵³/, /tŋ̍⁵³/
    • Note: tńg - "to return".
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuêng² / zuang² / deng² / ruêng² / ruang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuéng / tsuáng / tṳ́ng / juéng / juáng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sueŋ⁵²/, /t͡suaŋ⁵²/, /tɯŋ⁵²/, /d͡zueŋ⁵²/, /d͡zuaŋ⁵²/
    • Note: zuêng2/zuang2 - literary (zuêng2 - Chaozhou); deng2 - "to return"; ruêng2/ruang2 - "to twist with force" (ruêng2 - Chaozhou).

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈˠiuᴇn^X/, /ʈˠiuᴇn^H/▼

Rime
Character	轉	轉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	陟兖切	知戀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇnX/	/ʈˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiɛnX/	/ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuænX/	/ȶiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwianX/	/ʈwianH/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛnX/	/ȶjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛnX/	/ȶĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛnX/	/ȶi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuǎn	zhuàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*mə-tronʔ/, /*tronʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tonʔ/, /*tons/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	轉	轉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuǎn	zhuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ trjwenX ›	‹ trjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-tronʔ/	/*tronʔ/
English	turn around, transfer	輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)
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	轉	轉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17674	17675
Phonetic component	專	專
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	轉	囀
Old Chinese	/*tonʔ/	/*tons/

Definitions

轉

1. to turn; to revolve
2. (Min) to return; to come or go back

   轉來 / 转来  ―    ―  to come back; to return

   轉去 / 转去  ―    ―  to go back; to return

3. (Teochew) to twist with force

Compounds

• 轉注／转注 (zhuǎnzhù)

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Japanese

Kanji

轉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 転)

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Readings

• On: てん (ten)
• Kun: ころぶ (korobu), ころがる (korogaru)

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Korean

Hanja

轉 • ‎(jeon)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 전 (revised: jeon, McCune-Reischauer: chŏn, Yale: cen)

• Name (hangeul): 구를()

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Vietnamese

Han character

轉 (chuyển, chuyên, chuyền, chuyến)

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