辗 niǎn to roll over
to roll over; to turn on a side
怎么记住“辗”: 车 car + 展 display = to roll over. Dad's car waits while the boy runs to display a sign at the gate, but the dog lies in the driveway and starts to roll over.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
辗 = 车 car + 展 display
- 车 car
- 展 display
- 尸 corpse
- 龷 bacon rashers
- tail
Dad's car waits while the boy runs to display a sign at the gate, but the dog lies in the driveway and starts to roll over.
How it came to be
The cart gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Almost exclusively in 辗转 (zhǎnzhuǎn, note the reading shifts to zhǎn): to toss and turn sleeplessly: 辗转反侧 (zhǎnzhuǎn-fǎncè) tossing from side to side.
- 辗转 also means to pass through many hands/places indirectly: 辗转来到北京 (arriving in Beijing after a roundabout journey).