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完
完
See also: 宗
Translingual
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Han character
完 (radical 40 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十一一山 (JMMU), four-corner 30211, composition ⿱宀元)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 282, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7079
- Dae Jaweon: page 555, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 914, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5B8C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
完 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 冠 | *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns |
| 莞 | *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 脘 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 筦 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 梡 | *ŋ̥ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 岏 | *ŋoːn |
| 刓 | *ŋoːn |
| 园 | *ŋoːn |
| 忨 | *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns |
| 蚖 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 黿 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 抏 | *ŋoːn |
| 玩 | *ŋoːns |
| 貦 | *ŋoːns |
| 翫 | *ŋoːns |
| 妧 | *ŋoːns |
| 完 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 捖 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 垸 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns |
| 綄 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 院 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons |
| 皖 | *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 晥 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 浣 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 頑 | *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn |
| 睆 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 鯇 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 元 | *ŋon |
| 沅 | *ŋon |
| 芫 | *ŋon |
| 杬 | *ŋon |
| 邧 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 阮 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 俒 | *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦŋoːn) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) – to put the roof on a building, finishing it.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vàn / yèn / yàn
- Min Dong (BUC): uòng
- Min Nan (POJ): oân
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhuoe (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: wan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
- IPA (key): /u̯a̠n³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vàn / yèn
- Hakka Romanization System: vanˇ / ienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: van2 / yan2
- IPA: /van¹¹/, /i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vàn / yàn
- Hakka Romanization System: vanˇ / (r)ianˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: van2 / yan2
- IPA: /van¹¹/, /(j)i̯an¹¹/
- Note: vòn - “whole”.
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng
- IPA (key): /uoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oân
- Tâi-lô: uân
- Phofsit Daibuun: oaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /uan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /uan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhuoe (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦv̩ʷø²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 完 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uan²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /uan²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /van⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /vã⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /vã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uan⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /uã²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /uã²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /van⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vɛ̃n⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /van⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /uan²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /uan³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /uan²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /uã̠³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /uaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ʊ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /væ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /uɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /væ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦuø²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦuø¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦuõ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /jy³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /uɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /uːə⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/õ¹³/ ～好 /yẽ¹³/ ～姑妈 |
| Xiangtan | /ɔn¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/uɵn⁴⁵/ /fɵn⁴⁵/ /yɵn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /van¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /vɑn¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jyn²¹/ |
| Nanning | /yn²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jyn²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/huan³⁵/ /uan³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /uoŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /uiŋ²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /uaŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zuaŋ³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 完 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡官切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwan/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɑn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣuɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 完 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hwan › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ˤo[n]/ |
| English | finish (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 完 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16125 |
| Phonetic component |
元 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
桓 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɦŋoːn/ |
Definitions
完
- whole; complete
- completed; finished; done
- ended; over
- firm; stable
- full; abundant
- perfect; faultless; flawless
- to complete; to finish; to settle
- Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion), but 完之後 means when stop, it's not necessarily completely finished.
- (of life) to end; to enter a dangerous or hopeless state; to be doomed; done for
- to pay; to pay back
- to keep; to preserve
- completely; entirely
- (historical) an ancient punishment
- A surname.
Synonyms
See also
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
完
Readings
- Goon: がん (gan)
- Kan’on: かん (kan)
- Kun: まったい (完い, mattai) (non-Jōyō reading), まっとうする (完うする, mattōsuru) (non-Jōyō reading)
Compounds
Compounds
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Korean
Hanja
完 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune-Reischauer wan)
compounds
- 완전 (wanjeon)(完全) complete, whole
- 완성 (wanseong)(完成) complete
- 미완성 (miwanseong)(未完成) incomplete
- 완벽 (wanbyeok)(完璧) perfect
- 완료 (wallyo)(完了) complete, finished
- 완결 (wan-gyeol)(完結) complete, finished
- 완패 (wanpae)(完敗) defeated
Vietnamese
Han character
完 (hoàn)
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