旋
xuánxuàn HSK6

revolve

  • edit character approved 旋 — "Verify" by Prismcool
    Hint
    An army marching 疋 under a flag 㫃 → Depicts a foot (止) maneuvering underneath a flag (㫃), conveying the meaning "revolve". The 止 component was later reanalyzed as 疋.
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • 㫃 Iconic
      • type: meaning → iconic
    • 疋 Iconic
      • hint: (empty) → Originally 止, which depicts a foot. Later reanalyzed as 正 and eventually into 疋.
      • type: meaning → iconic
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved 旋 — "fixed etymology" by maxkly19
    Hint
    Depicts a foot (止) maneuvering underneath a flag (㫃), conveying the meaning "revolve". The 止 component was later reanalyzed as 疋. → An army marching 疋 under a flag 㫃
    Components
    • 㫃 Meaning
      • type: iconic → meaning
    • 疋 Meaning
      • hint: Originally 止, which depicts a foot. Later reanalyzed as 正 and eventually into 疋. → (empty)
      • type: iconic → meaning
    Strokes (simplified)
    旋
    11 strokes
    →
    旋
    11 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

    Changed: hint, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

    edit character by maxkly19

    approved by Marcus Ngai