旋

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

← 旊
[U+65CA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

旌 →
[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)

Derived characters

嫙, 𢕐, 𢳄, 漩, 𭥄, 暶, 𣎓, 㯀, 𱬊, 璇, 䁢, 䃠, 𧜽, 縼, 𰬵, 𧐗, 鏇, 镟, 𩘶, 𩠍, 䲂
蔙, 𰕯, 𢄲, 𰘡, 𥪱, 䗠, 𪍧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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 () (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 / 会意): 㫃 (“flag”) + 疋 (“foot”). Like the waving of a flag in the wind, represents turning around of a foot, or rotating.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xuan²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): xuán

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): süén
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun⁴

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): soen⁴

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

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiên²
Jin (Wiktionary): xye¹
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌ing
Eastern Min (BUC): siòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng² / syoeng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soân / chn̂g / sn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): suêng⁵ / suang⁵ / zeng⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhi / ²zie / ⁶jien / ⁶zhien

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): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-ʼrh
  - Yale: sywánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
  - Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɑɻ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xuan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyan²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: xuán
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyã²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: süén
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): süen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syẽ²⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syun⁴
  - Yale: syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: soen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søn²¹/
- (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: xien^ˇ / hien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian² / hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en¹¹/, /hi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sièn / hiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˇ / hian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian² / hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en¹¹/, /hi̯an¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiên²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕiɛn¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xye¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕye¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhi
  - MiniDict: zhi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²zie
  - MiniDict: zie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zɪ²²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jien
  - MiniDict: jien^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑiẽ̞¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡ʑiẽ¹¹/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhien
  - MiniDict: zhien^去
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ʑiẽ¹¹/

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 (Hokkien)	/suan³⁵/ /sŋ̍³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/suoŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡syiŋ⁴⁴/ /syiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/suaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tuaŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: zjwen

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
Baxter	zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn/
Bernhard 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
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/

Definitions

旋

Compounds

不旋踵 (bùxuánzhǒng)
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 (xuánguāngxìng)
旋兒 / 旋儿 (xuánr)
旋即 (xuánjí)
旋室
旋宮 / 旋宫
旋床 (xuànchuáng)
旋律 (xuánlǜ)
旋旋
旋木雀
旋毛蟲 / 旋毛虫
旋石
旋繞 / 旋绕 (xuánrào)
旋翼
旋胡
旋螺
旋踵 (xuánzhǒng)
旋車盤 / 旋车盘
旋轉 / 旋转
旋轉乾坤 / 旋转干坤
旋轉球 / 旋转球 (xuánzhuǎnqiú)
旋轉餐廳 / 旋转餐厅
旋轉體 / 旋转体
旋辟
旋里
槃旋 (pánxuán)
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 (húxuánwǔ)
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 (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)
逐旋
鈞旋轂轉 / 钧旋毂转
錦旋 / 锦旋
面旋
髮旋 / 发旋 (fàxuán)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
Jin (Wiktionary): xye³

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): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuànr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: sywànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuall
  - Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xye³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕye⁴⁵/

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 (Hokkien)
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)
	Shantou (Teochew)
	Haikou (Hainanese)

Middle Chinese: zjwenH

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
Baxter	zjwenH
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/
Bernhard 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
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 (xuàn, “to pare”)
alternative form of 鏇 (xuàn, “hot water container for warming wine”)
internet slang written form of 楦 (xuàn, “to stuff into mouth to eat”)
alt. forms: 炫

Compounds

旋子 (xuànzǐ)
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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soe⁵ / synn⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chūiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zeng⁷
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn⁵

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): xyen³

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): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (旋兒 / 旋儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánr
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-ʼrh
  - Yale: sywánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyual
  - Palladius: сюаньр (sjuanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyun⁶
  - Yale: jyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn²²/

Note: also written as 轉／转.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: dun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tun³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhion
  - Hakka Romanization System: qion
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qion⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qion⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɔn⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soe⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sē̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬø¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: synn⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬỹ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Yongchun, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
  - Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /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/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zienn⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si̯ẽ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯ẽ²¹/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: xyen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³³/

Middle Chinese: zjwenH

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
Baxter	zjwenH
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/
Bernhard 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
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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	旋兒
Northeastern Mandarin	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
Lanyin Mandarin	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

References

“旋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “旋”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Kanji

旋

(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 zjwen|zjwenH). 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

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

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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