转

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to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #177 U+8F6C

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

车 (semantic, “cart”) + 专 (phonetic, zhuān)

components: 车专

rotate · Heisig RSH #1238

车 car + corncob pipe

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 专

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 专 (zhuān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
专 sound component	zhuān	concentrated, specialized; to monopolize
传	chuán	to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
砖	zhuān	tile, brick
抟	tuán	to roll around in one's hand; to model

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
转学生	zhuǎn xué sheng	transfer student
山不转水转	shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn	(lit.) if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom); (fig.) there's alw…
大转	dà zhuǎn	to turn left (Shanghainese)
转子	zhuàn zǐ	(electricity) rotor
一转眼	yī zhuǎn yǎn	in the blink of an eye
中转	zhōng zhuǎn	to change (train or plane); transfer; correspondence
转头	zhuǎn tóu	to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent
转头	zhuàn tóu	nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
转学	zhuǎn xué	(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
转生	zhuǎn shēng	reincarnation (Buddhism)
转面无情	zhuǎn miàn wú qíng	to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
山不转路转	shān bù zhuàn lù zhuàn	(lit.) if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom); (fig.) there's alwa…
转天	zhuǎn tiān	the following day; next day
小转	xiǎo zhuǎn	to turn right (Shanghainese)
自转	zì zhuàn	(of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
性转	xìng zhuǎn	(slang) to be genderswapped (abbr. for 性別轉換\|性别转换[xing4 bie2 zhuan3 huan4])
转性	zhuǎn xìng	to change one's character or nature
转机	zhuǎn jī	(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
转动	zhuǎn dòng	to turn sth around; to swivel
转动	zhuàn dòng	to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate