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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: turn
Depicts a hand (寸) spinning a wheel (叀). Based on the original meaning "turn", now written as 轉. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsywen | ton | exclusively |
說文解字
《說文》：“專，六寸簿也。从寸，叀聲。一曰專，紡專。”
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)