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镟

xuàn

Character Traditional 鏇

What 镟 means

1. to shape on a lathe
2. to peel with a knife
3. to turn in (a screw)

Characters built on 旋

These share the phonetic component 旋 (xuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 漩xuánwhirlpool; eddy; also pr. xuàn
• 璇xuán(jade)

Sounds the same

Read xuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炫to dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 旋to whirl; immediately; variant of 镟
• 眩(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 楦(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 渲wash (color)
• 绚adorned; swift; gorgeous
• 铉stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in…
• 泫weep
• 昡long day; extended; relaxed
• 眴dazzled; dizzy
• 蔙(herb)
• 鞙fine