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turn around

HSK 10 N1
huán, xuān
コウ、カン、セン
わた.る、もと.める
선, 환
Originally written the same as 回 (return). Later lines were added above and below to distinguish the two characters.
Components
return+ two =
turn around
Iconic component
huí return
to curve
èr two
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あたな
Atana surname
こう
given name
こうしょう
Kōshou unclassified name
こうじ
Kōji unclassified name
こうそう
Kōsou unclassified name
せん
Sen given name
たかし
Takashi given name
とおる
Tooru unclassified name
はすもと
Hasumoto unclassified name
ひろし
Hiroshi given name
ひろすえ
Hirosue unclassified name
もとむ
Motomu given name
わたい
Watai surname
わたり
Watari surname
わたる
Wataru surnamegiven name