Chinese Character Wiki
專

zhuān

monopolize

Original meaning: 

turn

Depicts a hand (寸) spinning a wheel (叀). Based on the original meaning "turn", now written as 轉. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
叀 iconic component

叀  Iconic component

zhuān

  

spinning wheel

寸 iconic component

寸  Iconic component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

專 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
專 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
專 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
專 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
專 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

专 (專) 

zhuān

monopolize, take sole possession; for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized

Most common words with 專
Freq.
Word
Meaning

专家

expert

专业

specialty

专门

specialist

专辑

album

专

special

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

轉

Sound component in 7 characters (3 verified)

傳 轉 團 磚 摶 蓴 鱄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ton

tsywen

zhuān

exclusively


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 56.4793% of movies

771st most common character in movies

485th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

专

Unicode

U+5C08

Shuowen

“專，六寸簿也。从寸，叀聲。一曰專，紡專。”


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