漩

漩 U+6F29, 漩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F29 ← 漨 [U+6F28] CJK Unified Ideographs 漪 → [U+6F2A]

Translingual

Han character

漩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水卜尸人 (EYSO), four-corner 3818₁, composition ⿰氵旋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18163
• Dae Jaweon: page 1056, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1729, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6F29

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旋	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇	*sɢʷan
琁	*sɢʷan
蜁	*sɢʷan
嫙	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼	*sɢʷans

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		漩
2nd round simp.		𭻾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng² / syoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soân
    • Tâi-lô: suân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /suan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/, /*sɢʷans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漩	漩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14044	14054
Phonetic component	旋	旋
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋	㳬
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/	/*sɢʷans/
Notes	原同說文中無方， 此集韻或體	原中無方，集韻或體作此

Definitions

漩

1. eddy, whirlpool

Compounds

• 捲入漩渦 / 卷入漩涡
• 泡漩
• 漩渦 / 漩涡 (xuánwō)
• 漩渦星雲 / 漩涡星云
• 漩澴

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		漩
alternative forms		旋

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soān

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soān
    • Tâi-lô: suān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan³³/

Definitions

漩

1. (Hokkien, of liquid) to splash; to spray (from a small hole)
2. (Hokkien) to piss; to pee; to urinate
3. (Hokkien, figurative) to insult

Synonyms

• (to splash; to spary): (Cantonese) 淝 (fe⁴)

Compounds

• 漩尿
• 漩桶

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		漩

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soâiⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soâiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suâinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suãi²⁴/

Definitions

漩

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) rustic; uncouth; countrified (implying that a person lacks common sense)

Synonyms

• 土氣／土气 (tǔqì)

References

• “漩”, 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., 2025.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “漩”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Kanji

漩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru, 漩る)