転

転

See also: 轉

転 U+8EE2, 転 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EE2 ← 軡 [U+8EE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 軣 → [U+8EE3]

Translingual

Traditional	轉
Shinjitai	転
Simplified	转

Etymology

Simplified from 轉 (專 → 云). Compare 伝 from 傳.

Han character

転 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十一一戈 (JJMMI), composition ⿰車云)

1. shift, move, turn

Derived characters

• 𫝚

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1241, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38234
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3517, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8EE2

---

Japanese

Shinjitai	転
Kyūjitai	轉

Kanji

転

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 轉)

1. (to) shift
2. (to) move
3. (to) turn

Readings

• Go-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てん (ten, Jōyō)
• Kun: ころぶ (korobu, 転ぶ, Jōyō); ころがす (korogasu, 転がす, Jōyō); ころがる (korogaru, 転がる, Jōyō); ころげる (korogeru, 転げる, Jōyō); めぐる (meguru); まろぶ (marobu, 転ぶ); うつる (utsuru, 転る); うたた (utata, 転た)
• Nanori: うたた (utata)

Compounds

• 転(てん)移(い) (ten'i): transition; transference
• 移(い)転(てん) (iten): transfer
• 転(てん)生(せい) (tensei): transmigration
• 転(てん)学(がく) (tengaku): transmigration between faculties/schools

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
転
てん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
轉 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 轉 (MC ʈˠiuᴇn^X, ʈˠiuᴇn^H).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​ん [téꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

転(てん) • (ten) 

1. alteration of a word in sound or meaning

   「あたし」は「わたし」の転(てん)である。

   “Atashi” wa “watashi” no ten de aru.

   Atashi is an alteration of watashi.

2. Synonym of 転句 (tenku, “third line of a Chinese quatrain”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
転
うたた Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
轉 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 転 – see the following entry.

【うたた】 [adverb] (literary) increasingly Alternative spellings 転, 転た

(This term, 転, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)