漩

漩	U+6F29, 漩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F29

← 漨
[U+6F28]

CJK Unified Ideographs

漪 →
[U+6F2A]

Translingual

Han character

漩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸人 (EYSO), four-corner 3818₁, composition ⿰氵旋)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18163
Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1729, character 7
Unihan data for U+6F29

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		漩
2nd round simp.		𭻾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng² / syoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soân

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syun⁴
  - Yale: syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/
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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
  - Tâi-lô: suân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /suan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/, /*sɢʷans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漩	漩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14044	14054
Phonetic component	旋	旋
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋	㳬
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/	/*sɢʷans/
Notes	原同說文中無方，此集韻或體	原中無方，集韻或體作此

Definitions

漩

eddy, whirlpool

Compounds

捲入漩渦 / 卷入漩涡
泡漩
漩渦 / 漩涡 (xuánwō)
漩渦星雲 / 漩涡星云
漩澴

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		漩
alternative forms		旋

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soān

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soān
  - Tâi-lô: suān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan³³/

Definitions

漩

(Hokkien, of liquid) to splash; to spray (from a small hole)
(Hokkien) to piss; to pee; to urinate
(Hokkien, figurative) to insult

Synonyms

(to splash; to spary): (Cantonese) 淝 (fe⁴)

Compounds

漩尿
漩桶

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		漩

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soâiⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soâiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: suâinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suãi²⁴/

Definitions

漩

(Xiamen Hokkien) rustic; uncouth; countrified (implying that a person lacks common sense)

Synonyms

土氣／土气 (tǔqì)

References

“漩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “漩”, 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

漩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
Kun: めぐる (meguru, 漩る)