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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女女一十 (VVMJ), composition)

  1. (variant of ) adultery
  2. debauchery
  3. debauch
  4. (variant of ) crafty
  5. villainous
  6. false
  7. traitor

References


Cantonese

Hanzi

(Jyutping gaan1, Yale gaan1)

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (kan).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adjective

(-na inflection, hiragana かん, romaji kan)

  1. wicked

Inflection

Noun

(hiragana かん, romaji kan)

  1. wickedness, wicked person

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin jiān (jian1), Wade-Giles chien1)

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