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HSK 10 N3
Objects →Tools →Vehicles
zhuǎn, zhuàn
テン
ころ.がる、ころ.げる、ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ、まろ.ぶ、うたた、うつ.る、くる.めく
전
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (轉)
車 car+ 專 specialty =
轉 rotate
車 Meaning component
car
專 Meaning component
specialty
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Simplified (转)
车 cart+ 专 take =
转 turn
车 Meaning component
chē cart
cart, vehicle
专 Meaning component
zhuān take
variant of 專|专[zhuān]
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Japanese (転)
車 car+ 云 utter =
転 rotate
車
車
car
云
云
utter
Notes
Similar Characters
墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軌 rails (trad/jp)軍 army (trad/jp)軒 veranda (trad/jp)軔 Block A Block That (trad)軛 collar (trad)軟 soft (trad/jp)軫 cross board at (trad)軲 Wheel A Wheel (trad)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage較 relatively (trad/jp)載 laden (trad/jp)輊 low (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 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)
転
Regular
Modern
Chinese
转 / 轉 [zhuǎi]
see 轉文|转文[zhuǎi​wén]
转 / 轉 [zhuǎn]
to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail)
转 / 轉 [zhuàn]
to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
Japanese
転 (rare) くるり 同音

adverb

  1. usually kanaon-mim turning around (once)
  2. usually kana suddenly; abruptly
  3. usually kana completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something)
  4. usually kana beautiful, round (eyes)

noun

  1. abbrev.usually kana flail (for threshing grain)
転 てん 同音

noun

  1. linguistics change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning
  2. abbrev. turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
転 、 転た うたた 同音
adverb usually kana more and more; increasingly; all the more
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
転 うたた
Utata surname
転 ころび
Korobi surname
転 てん
Ten surname
轉 うたた
Utata surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
转移 [zhuǎn​yí] #2,262
to shift
转发 [zhuǎn​fā] #21,107
to transmit
转变 [zhuǎn​biàn] #4,134
to change
转身 [zhuǎn​shēn] #3,942
(of a person) to turn round
旋转 [xuán​zhuǎn] #3,765
to rotate
转换 [zhuǎn​huàn] #6,025
to change
好转 [hǎo​zhuǎn] #4,921
to improve
转让 [zhuǎn​ràng] #17,167
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
转向 [zhuǎn​xiàng] #6,468
to change direction
转化 [zhuǎn​huà] #11,821
to change
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 倒す [たおす] #1,353
to throw down
⭐ 転がる [ころがる] #1,760
to roll
⭐ 転ぶ [ころぶ] #2,590
to fall down
⭐ 回転 [かいてん] #3,335
rotation
⭐ 自転車 [じてんしゃ] #4,228
bicycle
⭐ 運転 [うんてん] #4,477
operation (of a machine)
⭐ 転がす [ころがす] #5,174
to roll
⭐ 逆転 [ぎゃくてん] #5,557
reversal (of a situation)
⭐ 運転手 [うんてんしゅ] #6,036
driver
一転 [いってん] #6,879
one turn
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KOREAN WORDS (12)
운전 #4,151
driving; operation
전환 #13,061
transition; change
전이 #19,938
change; evolution
전학 #20,680
transfer
전향 #40,510
change
공전
rotation
반전
reverse
역전
reversal
윤전기
rotary press
전입
moving in
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