巡

See also: 廵

巡 U+5DE1, 巡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE1 ← 巠 [U+5DE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 巢 → [U+5DE2]

巡 U+2F881, 巡 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F881 ← 嵼 [U+2F880] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 巢 → [U+2F882]

Translingual

Stroke order

Mainland China and Japan

Han character

巡 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+3, 6 (Mainland China, Japan), 7 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 卜女女女 (YVVV), four-corner 3230₃, composition ⿺辶巛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 324, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8680
• Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3817, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5DE1
• Unihan data for U+2F881

Chinese

trad.		巡
simp. #		巡
alternative forms		廵 𡿽 𨑾 𨊩 𰕀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
川	*kʰjon
釧	*kʰjons
巛	*kʰuːn
巡	*sɢljun
馴	*sɢljun
紃	*sɢljun, *ɢljun
甽	*kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
順	*ɢljuns
訓	*qʰuns

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢljun) : semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 川 (OC *kʰjon).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character	巡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳遵切
Baxter	zwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwin/
Li Rong	/ziuĕn/
Wang Li	/zĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xún
Middle Chinese	‹ zwin ›
Old Chinese	/*[sə.l]u[n]/
English	perambulate
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	巡
Reading #	1/1
No.	1631
Phonetic component	川
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	旬
Old Chinese	/*sɢljun/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xún (xun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xun²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceon⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tun³

• Gan (Wiktionary): xyn⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sùn

  (Hailu, HRS): sun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sun²

• Jin (Wiktionary): xyng¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sě̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): sùng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song² / suong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sen²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xún
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syún
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²
    • Yale: syún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xun²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xun
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴
    • Yale: chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰun²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xyn⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sun²
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xyng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœyŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: song²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: suong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
    • Tâi-lô: sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zin
    • MiniDict: zin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zin²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: zwin

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[sə.l]u[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢljun/

Definitions

巡

1. to patrol; to go on circuit; to cruise
2. (Hokkien) mark; line
3. Classifier for rounds of drinks during a banquet.
4. (Hokkien) Classifier for lines.

   • 無情的皺紋　一巡又一巡　歲月染成白雪的頭毛 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     无情的皱纹　一巡又一巡　岁月染成白雪的头毛 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 陳雷, lyrics by 郭之儀, 媽媽的皺紋

     bô-chêng ê liâu-hûn, chi̍t sûn iū chi̍t sûn, sòe-goa̍t ní sêng pe̍h-soat ê thâu-mn̂g [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Hardhearted wrinkles, one by one. Years have dyed the hair snow-white.

Compounds

• 三巡
• 代天巡狩
• 出巡 (chūxún)
• 分巡
• 南巡 (nánxún)
• 古蹟巡禮 / 古迹巡礼
• 大巡行
• 徼巡
• 搠筆巡街 / 搠笔巡街
• 梭巡
• 海上巡邏 / 海上巡逻
• 當直巡邏 / 当直巡逻
• 當巡 / 当巡
• 警巡 (jǐngxún)
• 軍巡鋪 / 军巡铺
• 巡佐
• 巡兵
• 巡哨
• 巡商
• 巡問 / 巡问
• 巡堂
• 巡夜 (xúnyè)
• 巡守 (xúnshǒu)
• 巡官
• 巡察 (xúnchá)
• 巡幸 (xúnxìng)
• 巡店 (Xúndiàn)
• 巡弋 (xúnyì)
• 巡弋飛彈 / 巡弋飞弹 (xúnyì fēidàn)
• 巡按
• 巡按使
• 巡指間 / 巡指间
• 巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
• 巡捕房 (xúnbǔfáng)
• 巡撫 / 巡抚 (xúnfǔ)
• 巡更 (xúngēng)
• 巡杯
• 巡查 (xúnchá)
• 巡檢 / 巡检 (xúnjiǎn)
• 巡洋艦 / 巡洋舰 (xúnyángjiàn)
• 巡狩 (xúnshòu)
• 巡視 / 巡视 (xúnshì)
• 巡禮 / 巡礼 (xúnlǐ)
• 巡綽 / 巡绰
• 巡緝 / 巡缉
• 巡航 (xúnháng)
• 巡行 (xúnxíng)
• 巡訪 / 巡访
• 巡診 / 巡诊 (xúnzhěn)
• 巡警 (xúnjǐng)
• 巡軍 / 巡军
• 巡巡 (xúnxún)
• 巡迴 / 巡回 (xúnhuí)
• 巡迴公演 / 巡回公演
• 巡迴劇團 / 巡回剧团
• 巡迴大使 / 巡回大使
• 巡迴學校 / 巡回学校
• 巡迴審判 / 巡回审判
• 巡逴
• 巡遊 / 巡游 (xúnyóu)
• 巡邊員 / 巡边员
• 巡邏 / 巡逻 (xúnluó)
• 巡邏箱 / 巡逻箱
• 巡邏艇 / 巡逻艇 (xúnluótǐng)
• 巡鋪 / 巡铺
• 巡防
• 巡防營 / 巡防营
• 巡防艦 / 巡防舰 (xúnfángjiàn)
• 巡靖
• 巡風 / 巡风 (xúnfēng)
• 逡巡 (qūnxún)
• 酒過三巡 / 酒过三巡

Japanese

Shinjitai	巡
Kyūjitai [1]	巡󠄁 巡+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	巡󠄃 巡+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 巡

巡

(Jōyō kanji)

1. go around

Readings

• Go-on: じゅん (jun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru, 巡る, Jōyō)、めぐり (meguri, 巡り)
• Nanori: みつ (mitsu)、ゆき (yuki)

Counter

巡(じゅん) • (-jun) 

1. turn, round

See also

• 周(しゅう) (shū), 回(まわ)り (mawari)

References

1. “巡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

巡 • (sun) (hangeul 순, revised sun, McCune–Reischauer sun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巡: Hán Nôm readings: tuần

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