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循

循 U+5FAA, 循
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FAA
← 復
[U+5FA9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 徫 →
[U+5FAB]

Translingual

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Han character

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循 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人竹十山 (HOHJU), four-corner 22264, composition ⿰彳盾)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 369, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10187
  • Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 835, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5FAA

Chinese

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trad. 循
simp. # 循

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (盾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
盾 *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ
遁 *l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns
循 *ljun
揗 *ljun, *ɦljunʔ, *ɦljuns
楯 *ljun, *l̥ʰun, *ɦljunʔ
輴 *l̥ʰun
腯 *l'uːd
鍎 *l'uːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljun): semantic 彳 (“movement”) + phonetic 盾 (OC *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ) – to follow (movement).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 循
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 詳遵切
Baxter zwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwin/
Li
Rong 		/ziuĕn/
Wang
Li 		/zĭuĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceon4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 循
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xún
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zwin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə.lu[n]/
English follow

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 循
Reading # 1/1
No. 2626
Phonetic
component 		盾
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		旬
Old
Chinese 		/*ljun/

Definitions

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循

  1. to obey; to comply with; to follow
    循著老師的指示 [MSC, trad.]
    循着老师的指示 [MSC, simp.]
    xúnzhe lǎoshī de zhǐshì [Pinyin]
    following the teacher's instructions

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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循

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. to obey, to follow (したがう)[1]
  2. circulate; sequential (めぐる)
  3. caress; comfort

Readings

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  • Go-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
  • Kun: したがう (shitagau, 循う)、めぐる (meguru, 循る)

References

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  1. ^ “循”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

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Hanja

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循 • (sun) (hangeul 순)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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循: Hán Nôm readings: tuần

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