漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
旋: rotation, go around
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
方 carries the meaning · 𠂉 and 疋 are drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 旋風せんぷうwhirlwind
- 旋律せんりつ
- 旋回せんかいrevolution; rotation; turning
- 凱旋がいせんtriumphant return; returning in triumph
- 旋盤せんばんlathe
Also read めぐる, いばり, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)㫃 flag + 止 foot + 〇 circle
〇 is the original form of 圓 and also serves as a phonetic component. It has since merged with the 止 into the unrelated 疋.
Source: Wiktionary, 旋 (rev. 92690378), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Direction (方) + walking foot (足). The act of "walking" in a circle around a central "direction"—representing the motion of rotation or spinning.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side旋 rotation · 方 + 𠂉
vs従 accompany · 彳In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xuán
Same form: 旋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 旋 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 旋 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xuán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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