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

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		循

Glyph originEdit

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, OC *ljun): semantic 彳 (“movement”) + phonetic 盾 (OC *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ) – to follow (movement).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsün²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴
    • Yale: chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɵn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ziuɪn/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwin/
Li Rong	/ziuĕn/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xún

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*sə.lu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljun/

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/

DefinitionsEdit

循

1. to obey, to comply with, to follow

CompoundsEdit

• 依循 (yīxún)
• 侵蝕循環／侵蚀循环
• 單循環賽／单循环赛
• 因循 (yīnxún)
• 因循坐誤／因循坐误
• 因循守舊／因循守旧
• 因循苟且
• 大循環／大循环
• 天理循環／天理循环
• 天道循環／天道循环
• 小循環／小循环
• 岩石循環／岩石循环
• 循例 (xúnlì)
• 循俗
• 循分
• 循名校實／循名校实
• 循名督實／循名督实
• 循名考實／循名考实
• 循名課實／循名课实
• 循名責實／循名责实
• 循吏
• 循尚

• 循常
• 循常習故／循常习故
• 循序 (xúnxù)
• 循序漸進／循序渐进 (xúnxùjiànjìn)
• 循循善誘／循循善诱
• 循循誘人／循循诱人
• 循次而進／循次而进
• 循流
• 循理
• 循環／循环 (xúnhuán)
• 循環不息／循环不息
• 循環制／循环制
• 循環反覆／循环反覆
• 循環小數／循环小数
• 循環系統／循环系统 (xúnhuán xìtǒng)
• 循環論證／循环论证
• 循環賽／循环赛
• 循線／循线
• 循聲附會／循声附会
• 循良
• 循衣摸床

• 循規蹈矩／循规蹈矩
• 循陔
• 循階／循阶
• 循默
• 徼循
• 惡性循環／恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán)
• 拊循
• 持循
• 景氣循環／景气循环
• 氮循環／氮循环 (dànxúnhuán)
• 水氣循環／水气循环
• 碳循環／碳循环
• 肺循環／肺循环
• 血循環／血循环
• 血液循環／血液循环 (xuèyè xúnhuán)
• 責實循名／责实循名
• 蹈矩循規／蹈矩循规
• 蹈規循矩／蹈规循矩
• 蹲循
• 遵循 (zūnxún)
• 體循環／体循环

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

循

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. sequential

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: じゅん (jun)
• Kan’on: しゅん (shun) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

循 • (sun) (hangeul 순)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

循 (tuần)

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