tuán

roll around with hand

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdwan[d]ˤonround; make round
Zhengzhangdoːn
doːn
donʔ
Unicodedhuɑn

說文解字

圜也。从手專聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

tuán, zhuàn, zhuān roll around with hand Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
zhuān monopolize

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode