旋 — Chinese character
旋
xuán
to revolve, to orbit, to return
- Pinyin
- xuán
- Radical
- 70 ⽅ (Square)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 方 疋
- Formation
- ideographic — An army 方 marching under a flag 疋
- Traditional
- 鏇
- Japanese
- 旋 as a kanji
Common words with 旋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
| 旋风 (旋風) | xuàn fēng | whirlwind; tornado |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix |
| 气旋 (氣旋) | qì xuán | cyclone |
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lǜ | (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea |
| 凯旋 (凱旋) | kǎi xuán | to return in triumph; to return victorious |
| 旋即 | xuán jí | soon after; shortly |
| 盘旋 (盤旋) | pán xuán | to spiral; to circle |
| 回旋 | huí xuán | variant of 回旋 (huí xuán) |
| 回旋 (迴旋) | huí xuán | to circle; to wheel; to go around |
| 周旋 | zhōu xuán | to mix with others; to socialize |
English words written with 旋
旋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.