# 巡

| 巡 | U+5DE1, &#24033; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE1 |
| ← 巠 [U+5DE0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 巢 → [U+5DE2] |
| 巡 | U+2F881, &#194689; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F881 |
| ← 嵼 [U+2F880] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 巢 → [U+2F882] |

## Translingual
### 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 3230$_3$, 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
### 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢljun): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 川 (OC *kʰjon).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xún (xun$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xun$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceon$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tun$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xyn$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sùn
    (Hailu, HRS): sun
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sun$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xyng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sě̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sùng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song$^2$ / suong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sûn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sen$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xun$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xun
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceon$^4$
*** Yale: chèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵn²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰun²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xyn$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: sun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sun
*** Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xyng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sě̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /sœyŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sùng
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: song$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seóng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: sung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûng
*** Sinological IPA : /suŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zin
*** MiniDict: zin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zin²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sən¹³/
* Middle Chinese: zwin
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 | ceon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[sə.l]u[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɢljun/
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/ |

### Definitions

巡
* to patrol; to go on circuit; to cruise
* (Hokkien) mark; line
* Classifier for rounds of drinks during a banquet.
* (Hokkien) Classifier for lines.
    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 | 巡󠄁 巡+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 巡󠄃 巡+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* 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)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 巡
* じゅん Grade: S
* goon
* (Tokyo) じゅん [jùń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑɨ̃ɴ]

### Counter

巡(じゅん) • (-jun)
* turn, round

#### See also

* 周(しゅう) (shū), 回(まわ)り (mawari)

### References

* ↑ “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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