輾

See also: 辗

輾 U 8F3E, 輾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F3E ← 輽 [U 8F3D] CJK Unified Ideographs 輿 → [U 8F3F]

Translingual

Han character

輾 (Kangxi radical 159, 車 10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十十尸廿女 (JJSTV), four-corner 5703₂, composition ⿰車展)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1247, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38467
• Dae Jaweon: page 1724, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3551, character 5
• Unihan data for U 8F3E

Chinese

trad.		輾
simp.		辗
2nd round simp.		𰍰
alternative forms		𨋚 𨋁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (展) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
碾	*ndenʔ, *ndens
輾	*ndens, *tenʔ
展	*tenʔ, *tens
搌	*tenʔ, *tens, *tʰenʔ

• Etymology 1: Corrupted from 𨋚: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ndens, *tenʔ) : semantic 車 (“cart”) phonetic 㞋 ().
• Etymology 2: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ndens, *tenʔ) : semantic 車 (“cart”) phonetic 展 (OC *tenʔ, *tens)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjenH

Rime
Character	輾
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女箭切
Baxter	nrjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/niænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳianH/
Li Rong	/njɛnH/
Wang Li	/nĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ndens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輾
Reading #	1/2
No.	16781
Phonetic component	展
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	輾
Old Chinese	/*ndens/

Definitions

輾

1. Alternative form of 碾 (niǎn, “to crush (something) flat with a wheel; to run over”)

   輾斃／辗毙  ―  niǎnbì  ―  to run over and kill

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎn (zhan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liàn / lìn / tián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan³
    • Yale: jǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaan
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zin²
    • Yale: jín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chan
    • Hakka Romanization System: zan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liàn / lìn / tián
    • Tâi-lô: liàn / lìn / tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liexn, lixn, diern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²¹/, /lin²¹/, /tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn⁴¹/, /lin⁴¹/, /tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn²¹/, /lin²¹/, /tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn¹¹/, /lin¹¹/, /tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²¹/, /lin²¹/, /tiɛn⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trjenX

Rime
Character	輾
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	知演切
Baxter	trjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈianX/
Li Rong	/ȶjɛnX/
Wang Li	/ȶĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tre[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	輾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ trjenX ›
Old Chinese	/*tre[n]ʔ/
English	輾轉 toss and turn (Ode 1.2, 145.3)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	輾
Reading #	2/2
No.	16783
Phonetic component	展
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	展
Old Chinese	/*tenʔ/

Definitions

輾

1. Used in 輾轉／辗转 (zhǎnzhuǎn, “to toss and turn”).
2. a surname

Compounds

• 拋輾斗／抛辗斗 (pha-liàn-táu) (Hokkien)
• 汽輾／汽辗
• 輾轉／辗转
• 輾轉不寐／辗转不寐
• 輾轉反側／辗转反侧 (zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè)
• 輾轉相傳／辗转相传
• 轉輾反側／转辗反侧

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04091
• “Entry #12444”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

輾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten)、でん (den)、ねん (nen)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)、きしる (kishiru)

Korean

Hanja

輾 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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