旋

旋	U+65CB, 旋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65CB

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[U+65CA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+65CC]

Translingual

Han character

旋 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人弓人 (YSONO), four-corner 0828₁, composition ⿸𭤨疋 or ⿰方𭻾)

References

KangXi: page 483, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13656

Dae Jaweon: page 845, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2181, character 4

Unihan data for U+65CB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		旋
2nd round simp.		𭻾

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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

(Chengdu, SP): xuan²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun²
Gan (Wiktionary): xyon⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sièn / hièn / hiàn

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiên²
Min Bei (KCR): sṳ̌ing
Min Dong (BUC): siòng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): soân / chn̂g / sn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): suêng⁵ / suang⁵ / zeng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ³xxi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²
  - Yale: sywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒／旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüanrh²
  - Yale: sywánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
  - Palladius: сюаnр (sjuanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɑɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyan²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴
  - Yale: syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xyon⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyɵn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn / hièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xienˇ / hienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian² / hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯en¹¹/, /hi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn / hiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xienˇ / hianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian² / hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯en¹¹/, /hi̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕiɛn¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
  - Tâi-lô: suân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /suan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /sŋ̍²⁴/

Note:

soân - literary;
chn̂g, sn̂g - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suêng⁵ / suang⁵ / zeng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suêng / suâng / tsṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueŋ⁵⁵/, /suaŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɯŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

suêng5/suang5 - literary (suêng5 - Chaozhou);
zeng5 - dialectal usage.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³xxi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥i²³/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/siɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/siẽ¹³/ /t͡siẽ¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕyɵn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰion⁵³/ 髮～ /sien¹¹/ ～轉
Hakka	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/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun⁴

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 旋

不旋踵 (bùxuánzhǒng)
不足回旋
主旋律 (zhǔxuánlǜ)
便旋
假意周旋
周旋 (zhōuxuán)
周旋到底
回旋
回旋梯
急旋旋
打旋
打旋磨
斡旋 (wòxuán)
旋光性 (xuánguāngxìng)
旋即 (xuánjí)
旋室
旋律 (xuánlǜ)
旋旋
旋木雀
旋石
旋翼
旋胡
旋螺
旋踵 (xuánzhǒng)

槃旋
死不旋踵
疾如旋踵
胡旋舞 (húxuánwǔ)
螺旋 (luóxuán)
螺旋菌
逐旋
面旋
旋辟
旋里
亂旋／乱旋
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)
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
戰不旋踵／战不旋踵
打盤旋／打盘旋
敗不旋踵／败不旋踵
旋乾轉坤／旋干转坤
旋兒／旋儿 (xuánr)

旋宮／旋宫
旋毛蟲／旋毛虫
旋繞／旋绕 (xuánrào)
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)
機不旋踵／机不旋踵
氣旋／气旋 (qìxuán)
盤旋／盘旋 (pánxuán)
盤旋曲折／盘旋曲折
禍不旋踵／祸不旋踵
螺旋槳／螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)
螺旋狀／螺旋状
螺旋體／螺旋体 (luóxuántǐ)
計不旋踵／计不旋踵
輪旋曲／轮旋曲
迴旋／回旋 (huíxuán)
迴旋曲／回旋曲 (huíxuánqǔ)
鈞旋轂轉／钧旋毂转
錦旋／锦旋
髮旋／发旋 (fàxuán)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
  - Yale: sywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒／旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuànr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüanrh⁴
  - Yale: sywànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
  - Palladius: сюаnр (sjuanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɑɻ⁵¹/

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
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha
Xiang	Xiangtan
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou
	Nanning
	Hong Kong
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)
	Shantou (Min Nan)
	Haikou (Min Nan)

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	/ziuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian^H/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun⁶

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	‹ zjwen^H ›
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

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 旋

旋子 (xuánzǐ)
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 (wēndài qìxuán)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyun⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): dun⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhion

(Meixian, Guangdong): qion⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chūiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zeng⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²
  - Yale: sywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒／旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüanrh²
  - Yale: sywánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
  - Palladius: сюаnр (sjuanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyun⁶
  - Yale: jyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːn²²/

Note: also written as 轉／转.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tun³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhion
  - Hakka Romanization System: qion
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qion⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯on⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qion⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɔn⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chūiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuīnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suĩ²²/
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡suĩ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zeng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̄ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ¹¹/

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	/ziuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian^H/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun⁶

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	‹ zjwen^H ›
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

whorl on the head

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		髮旋
Mandarin	Beijing	旋兒
	Harbin	旋兒
	Jinan	旋兒
	Luoyang	旋兒, 頭髮旋兒
	Xi'an	旋
	Yinchuan	旋
	Xining	旋, 頭髮旋兒
	Ürümqi	旋兒
	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)	頭髮轉
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	旋
Min Nan	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
	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
Xiang	Loudi	旋

Japanese

Kanji

旋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ぜん (zen)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kun: めぐる (meguru, 旋る); ゆばり (yubari)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 旋 (MC ziuᴇn, ziuᴇn^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 션〯 (syěn) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 旋 (eumhun 돌 선 (dol seon))

Hanja form^? of 선 (“revolve”).

Compounds

알선 (斡旋, alseon, “recommendation”)
주선 (周旋, juseon, “arrangement”)
선회 (旋回, seonhoe, “revolution; rotation”)
선풍 (旋風, seonpung, “whirlwind”)
나선 (螺旋, naseon, “a helix, a spiral”)
개선 (凱旋, gaeseon, “a triumphant return”)

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

旋: Hán Nôm readings: toàn, triệng, trình, triền, tuyền, xoan, xoăn, xoắn

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