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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- zhuan3
- English meanings
- turn, revolve, rotate
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 车; right 专.
Meaning & sound clues
车 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cart”.
专 is identified as the sound component (zhuān). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 转.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
special; expert; focused
write; compose
brick
do
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 好转
- 峰回路转
- 急转弯
- 扭转
- 旋转
- 流转
- 目不转睛
- 转交
- 转动
- 转化
- 转变
- 转向
- 转告
- 转型
- 转学
- 转弯
- 转悠
- 转折
- 转折点
- 转换
- 转播
- 转机
- 转眼
- 转移
- 转让
- 转身
- 转载
- 转达
- 运转