旋
xuánxuàn HSK6

revolve

旋 xuán frequency
revolve verb
to revolve, rotate, or spin

大风吹过，枯黄的落叶在空中不停地旋。

dà​fēng chuī guò, kū​huáng de luò​yè zài kōng​zhōng bù​tíng de xuán.

As the wind blew, the withered yellow leaves kept swirling in the air.

turn around verb
to turn around or return (often used in the idiom 凯旋 kǎi​xuán, meaning to return in triumph from a military victory)

老华侨离乡多年，终于在今日旋归故乡。

lǎo Huá​qiáo lí​xiāng duō nián, zhōng​yú zài jīn​rì xuán guī gù​xiāng.

The old overseas Chinese, having lived abroad for many years, finally returned to his hometown today.

circle noun
a loop, circle, or whorl

他头顶上有一个小旋。

tā tóu​dǐng shàng yǒu yī gè xiǎo xuán.

He has a small whorl on the top of his head.

旋 xuàn
immediately noun
happening right away or done as needed at the moment

这菜要旋做旋吃才新鲜。

zhè cài yào xuàn zuò xuàn chī cái xīn​xiān.

This dish should be eaten as soon as it is cooked to be fresh.

whirl noun
to revolve, spin, or rotate rapidly, often using a tool like a lathe

旋床上的零件在飞快地旋。

xuàn chuáng shàng de líng​jiàn zài fēi​kuài de xuán.

The part on the lathe is spinning rapidly.

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,383rd most common 85.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,735th most common 30.3 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.35 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
10.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
鏇
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+65CB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)