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寰
寰
Translingual
Han character
寰 (radical 40 宀+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十田中女 (JWLV), four-corner 30732, composition ⿱宀睘)
References
- KangXi: page 292, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7344
- Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 956, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5BF0
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
寰 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 寰
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (睘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: huan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
- IPA (key): /xu̯a̠n³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waan4
- Yale: wàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan4
- IPA (key): /wɑːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 寰 | 寰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (70) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | IV |
| Fanqie | 戸關切 | 黃練切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠuan/ | /ɦwenH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚan/ | /ɦʷenH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɐn/ | /ɣuɛnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwaɨn/ | /ɦwɛnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuan/ | /ɣuenH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣwan/ | /ɣiwenH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwan/ | /ɣiwenH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huán | xuàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 寰 | 寰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16233 | 16256 |
| Phonetic component |
睘 | 睘 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
還 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷraːn/ | /*ɡʷeːns/ |
| Notes | 見穀樑傳 | 古文縣字 |
Definitions
寰
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Japanese
Kanji
寰
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
寰 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune-Reischauer hwan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: hoàn
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