Chinese symbol for “revolve”
转
zhuàn
Traditional: 轉
to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about
The closest CC-CEDICT match for revolve is 转 (zhuàn), defined as: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “revolve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旋 | xuán | to revolve; a loop |
| 回转 (迴轉) | huí zhuǎn | to revolve; to rotate; to turn around; to turn back |
| 回 (迴) | huí | to curve; to return |
| 运转 (運轉) | yùn zhuǎn | to work; to operate |
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 转化 (轉化) | zhuǎn huà | to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform |
| 转向 (轉向) | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “revolve”.
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