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轉

See also: 転 and 转
轉 U+8F49, 轉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F49
← 轈
[U+8F48] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 轊 →
[U+8F4A]

Translingual edit

Traditional 轉
Shinjitai 転
Simplified 转

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

Possibly related to:

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 edit

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

Note:
  • zyun2 - literary;
  • zyun3 - vernacular.
Note:
  • tńg, túiⁿ - vernacular (“to revolve; to change; to change position; to return; to mediate; to transfer the ownership (Mainland China); to circulate capital”);
  • choán - literary.
Note:
  • deng2 - vernacular (“to return”);
  • zuêng2/zuang2 - literary (zuêng2 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 轉
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 陟兖切
Baxter trjwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈˠiuᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʷᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiuænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈwianX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶjuɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭwɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯wɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun2
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
Reading # 1/2
No. 17674
Phonetic
component 		專
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		轉
Old
Chinese 		/*tonʔ/

Definitions edit

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]  ―  5tsoe-le [Wugniu]  ―  to come back; to return
    轉去／转去 [Shanghainese]  ―  5tsoe-chi [Wugniu]  ―  to go back; to return
  7. (Wu) to think; to contemplate; to turn over in one's mind
  8. (Xiamen Hokkien) to mediate; to reconcile
  9. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) 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. (Mainland China Hokkien) to circulate capital to meet financial need for turnover
  21. a surname

Usage notes edit

The Cantonese reading 'zyun2' bears the meaning "to turn, transfer" whereas the reading 'zyun3' means "to revolve".

Synonyms edit

  • (to change direction):
Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 轉, 拐
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
Classical Chinese 回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回, 返回, 回歸
Mandarin Beijing 回
Taiwan 回
Chengdu 轉, 回
Guilin 回
Malaysia 回
Singapore 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

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

trad. 轉
simp. 转

Note:
  • zyun6 - hair whorl;
  • zyun2 - literary.
Note:
  • choàn - literary;
  • tńg/túiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • zuêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • zuang2 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 轉
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 知戀切
Baxter trjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ȶjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 轉
Reading # 2/2
No. 17675
Phonetic
component 		專
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		囀
Old
Chinese 		/*tons/

Definitions edit

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
  8. 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 edit
Dialectal synonyms of 髮旋 (“hair whorl; crown of the head”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
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
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

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 3 edit

trad. 轉
simp. 转

Definitions edit

轉

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

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 4 edit

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

Note: ruêng2 - Chaozhou.

Definitions edit

轉

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

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

転

Kyūjitai

轉

Kanji edit

轉

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

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

Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

轉 (eumhun 구를 전 (gureul jeon))

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

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

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

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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

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

References edit

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