螺旋

Chinese

		aquatic snail	lathe; specially for an occasion; revolve
simp. and trad. (螺旋)		螺	旋

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luóxuán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ syun⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lô-soân / lêr-soân / lê-chn̄g

(Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵ suang⁵

螺旋

Sino-Xenic (螺旋):

First appears in texts from the early 1800s.[1] Ultimately from 螺旋 (MC lwa zjwen). Compare modern Min Nan reading lêr-soân.

螺(ら)旋(せん) • (rasen)

螺(ら)旋(せん)階(かい)段(だん) (rasen kaidan): a spiral staircase
螺(ら)旋(せん)丸(がん) (rasengan)
螺(ら)旋(せん)形(けい) (rasenkei): a helix or spiral shape
螺(ら)旋(せん)状(じょう) (rasenjō): a helix or spiral shape
螺(ら)旋(せん)状(じょう)菌(きん) (rasenjō kin): a spirillum (a spiral-shaped bacterium)
螺(ら)旋(せん)推(すい)進(しん)機(き) (rasen suishinki): a screw (as for a ship or boat; obsolete, replaced by propellers)
螺(ら)旋(せん)水(みず)揚(あげ)機(き) (rasen mizu-age ki): an Archimedes screw, a screw-shaped water pump

For pronunciation and definitions of 螺旋 – see the following entry.

[noun] a screw

[noun] a spring or coil that can be wound, such as that of a clock

[noun] (figurative) marbles (sanity)

Alternative spellings
捻子, 捩子, ネジ

(This term, 螺旋, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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