Chinese symbol for “whirl”
旋
xuàn
to whirl; immediately; variant of 镟 (xuàn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for whirl is 旋 (xuàn), defined as: to whirl; immediately; variant of 镟 (xuàn).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “whirl”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 急转 (急轉) | jí zhuǎn | to whirl; to turn around quickly |
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “whirl”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.