轉
zhuǎnzhuàn HSK3

turn

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
專
專 SoundMeaning component
zhuān monopolize

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

囀

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjwenXmə-tronʔ turn around, transfer
trjwenXtronʔ 輾轉 toss and turn ((Ode 1.2, 145.3)

說文解字

《說文》：“轉，運也。从車，專聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

转 zhuǎn, zhuàn turn Simplified

Simplified form of 轉. Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
专
专 SoundMeaning component
zhuān monopolize

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

啭

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode