轉

See also: 転 and 转

轉 U+8F49, 轉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F49 ← 轈 [U+8F48] CJK Unified Ideographs 轊 → [U+8F4A]

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 囀(𫝚/啭), 𡤛, 𮁗, 𮎀, 𩧜

Related characters

• 転 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 转 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 轉
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
竱	*toːn, *tjonʔ
團	*doːn
摶	*doːn, *doːn, *donʔ
篿	*doːn, *tjon
慱	*doːn
剸	*doːn, *tjonʔ, *tjons
鄟	*doːn, *tjon, *djonʔ
漙	*doːn
鷒	*doːn, *tjon
轉	*tonʔ, *tons
傳	*tons, *don, *dons
囀	*tons
縳	*donʔ, *dons
專	*tjon
磚	*tjon
甎	*tjon
塼	*tjon
嫥	*tjon
膞	*tjon, *tjonʔ, *djonʔ
鱄	*tjon, *tjonʔ
蓴	*djun

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

Etymology

Possibly related to:

• Old Tibetan འདྲུལ ('drul, “to transmit; to communicate”) (Schuessler, 2007), or
• Tibetan སྲུལ (srul, “to move to and fro; to stir”), Burmese ရွေ့ (rwe., “to move; to be displaced”), ရွှေ့ (hrwe., “to move or shift something”) (Starostin).

An allofam is perhaps *don (“round”). Compare Vietnamese tròn (“round; circle; entire; whole”), trọn (“fully; completely; all”), as well as the following Chinese words:

• 團 (OC *doːn, “ball; circle; lump”),
• 摶 (OC *doːn, *doːn, *donʔ, “to roll up into a ball”).

Derivative: 傳 (OC *tons, *don, *dons, “to relay; to pass on; to transfer; relay station; biography; record”).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		轉
simp.		转
alternative forms		返 (tńg/túiⁿ) Hokkien

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 轉

1. (transitive) to turn; to revolve
2. to wind; to entwine
3. winding; circuitous
4. (transitive) to change; to shift; to alter

   轉換／转换  ―  zhuǎnhuàn  ―  to change

   轉大人／转大人 [Hokkien]  ―  tńg tāi-jîn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to become an adult

   轉敗為勝／转败为胜  ―  zhuǎn bài wèi shèng  ―  to turn defeat into victory

5. to change direction; to turn
6. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) to return; to come or go back

   轉來／转来 [Shanghainese]  ―  ²tsoe-le [Wugniu]  ―  to come back; to return

   轉去／转去 [Shanghainese]  ―  ²tsoe-qi [Wugniu]  ―  to go back; to return

7. (Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind
8. (Southern Min) to mediate; to reconcile
9. (dialectal Mandarin) Classifier for times or round trips.
10. to change position; to move
11. to wave; to flutter
12. to divert; to transfer
13. to evade; to avoid
14. to be transferred to another post
15. to sell; to transfer the ownership
16. to transport; to relay; to carry in a cart
17. to discard; to abandon
18. to leave; to depart
19. to chant; to utter (spell); to recite
20. a surname

Synonyms

• (to change direction):

Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
	Penang (Guangfu)	轉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斡
Southern Min	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

• (to return):

Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回, 返回, 回歸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回
	Taiwan	回
	Malaysia	回
	Singapore	回
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	轉, 回
	Guilin	回
Cantonese	Guangzhou	返
	Hong Kong	返
	Macau	返
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	返
	Taishan	返
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	返
	Singapore (Guangfu)	返
Hakka	Meixian	轉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	轉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	轉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	轉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	轉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	轉
	Kuching (Hepo)	轉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉
	Singapore (Fuqing)	轉
Southern Min	Xiamen	轉, 倒
	Quanzhou	轉
	Zhangzhou	轉
	Zhao'an	轉
	Taipei	轉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	轉
	Kaohsiung	轉
	Yilan	轉
	Changhua (Lukang)	轉
	Taichung	轉
	Tainan	轉
	Hsinchu	轉
	Kinmen	轉
	Penghu (Magong)	轉
	Penang (Hokkien)	轉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	轉
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	轉
	Shantou	轉
	Haifeng	轉
	Singapore (Teochew)	轉
	Wenchang	轉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	轉
Wu	Ningbo	回, 轉 rare

Pronunciation 2

trad.		轉
simp.		转

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 轉

1. (intransitive) to revolve; to rotate; to turn
2. revolution; rotation; turn
3. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min, dialectal Wu) hair whorl
4. number of times; time
5. to wind around; to go around; bypass
6. to lose (way); to get lost
7. (colloquial) to stroll; to saunter; to amble; to wander

   • 假日到河灘上轉轉，看見許多孩子在放風箏。 [MSC, trad.]
     假日到河滩上转转，看见许多孩子在放风筝。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 李恆瑞, 風箏暢想曲

     Jiàrì dào hétān shàng zhuànzhuan, kànjiàn xǔduō háizi zài fàng fēngzheng. [Pinyin]

     At the holiday, I went strolling on the riverbank where I saw some kids flying kites.

8. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 囀／啭 (zhuàn, “to chirp; to warble; to chirrup”).
9. (music) RPM

   78轉黑膠／78转黑胶  ―  78 zhuàn hēijiāo  ―  78 RPM record

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髮旋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	旋兒
	Harbin	旋兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	旋兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	旋兒, 頭髮旋兒
	Xi'an	旋
	Xining	旋, 頭髮旋兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	旋
	Ürümqi	旋兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	旋兒
	Chongqing	旋兒
	Guiyang	旋
	Kunming	頂
	Liuzhou	旋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	轉
	Macau	頭髮轉
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頭髮轉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	轉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	轉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	轉
	Foshan	轉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	轉
	Foshan (Shunde)	轉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	轉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	轉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頭髮轉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頭髮轉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頭轉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頭轉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頭轉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	轉
	Taishan	旋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頂
	Enping (Niujiang)	串
	Heshan (Yayao)	頭髮轉
	Dongguan	腦殼轉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頭轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
Gan	Nanchang	旋
	Lichuan	旋兒
	Pingxiang	旋
Hakka	Meixian	旋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	旋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	㾭禾旋
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	旋
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	頭那毛轉
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	旋
	Wengyuan	旋
	Liannan	旋
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	旋
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	毛旋
	Changting	旋
	Wuping (Yanqian)	旋
	Ninghua	旋
	Ningdu	腦頂
	Tonggu (Sandu)	旋
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	旋
	Dayu	旋
	Hong Kong	旋
	Mengshan (Xihe)	旋
	Luchuan	旋
	Senai (Huiyang)	旋
Huizhou	Jixi	旋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	旋
Southern Min	Xiamen	旋
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	旋
	Quanzhou	旋
	Yongchun	旋
	Zhangzhou	旋
	Taipei	旋
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	旋
	Kaohsiung	旋
	Yilan	旋
	Changhua (Lukang)	旋
	Taichung	旋
	Taichung (Wuqi)	旋
	Tainan	旋
	Taitung	旋
	Hsinchu	旋
	Kinmen	旋
	Penghu (Magong)	旋
	Manila (Hokkien)	旋
	Shantou	旋
	Shantou (Chenghai)	旋
	Jieyang	旋
	Haifeng	旋
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	旋
	Haikou	淵
Wu	Shanghai	頭腡, 旋腡, 腡
	Hangzhou	旋
	Ningbo	旋
	Jinhua	旋
Xiang	Changsha	旋
	Loudi	旋
	Hengyang	旋

Pronunciation 3

trad.		轉
simp.		转

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuǎi (zhuai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chuai³
    • Yale: jwǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joai
    • Palladius: чжуай (čžuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 轉

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 拽 (“to act pretentiously; to show off”).

Pronunciation 4

trad.		轉
simp.		转
alternative forms		撙 Min Dong 捘 Hokkien

• Eastern Min (BUC): chông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): choān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ruêng² / ruang²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choān
    • Tâi-lô: tsuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ruêng² / ruang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: juéng / juáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zueŋ⁵²/, /d͡zuaŋ⁵²/

Note: ruêng2 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 轉

1. (Min) to twist with force or with a tool

References

• “Entry #12657”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	転
Kyūjitai	轉

Kanji

轉

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 転)

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

Readings

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

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC trjwenX|trjwenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎐〯 (tyěn) (Yale: tyen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

轉 (eumhun 구를 전 (gureul jeon))

1. hanja form^? of 전 (“(to) turn; (to) move”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 공전 (公轉, gongjeon)
• 급전 (急轉, geupjeon)
• 반전 (反轉, banjeon)
• 역전 (逆轉, yeokjeon)
• 운전 (運轉, unjeon)
• 이전 (移轉, ijeon)
• 자전 (自轉, jajeon)
• 전가 (轉嫁, jeon'ga)
• 전락 (轉落, jeollak)
• 전송 (轉送, jeonsong)
• 전이 (轉移, jeoni)
• 전임 (轉任, jeonim)
• 전입 (轉入, jeonip)
• 전학 (轉學, jeonhak)
• 전향 (轉向, jeonhyang)
• 전환 (轉換, jeonhwan)
• 호전 (好轉, hojeon)
• 회전 (回轉, hoejeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

轉: Hán Nôm readings: chuyển, chuyên, chuyền, chuyến

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

References

• Nom Foundation