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灌
灌
See also: 潅
Translingual
Han character
灌 (radical 85 水+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 水廿口土 (ETRG), four-corner 34114)
References
- KangXi: page 662, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18759
- Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1786, character 13
- Unihan data for U+704C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
灌 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 觀 | *koːn, *koːns |
| 灌 | *koːns |
| 鸛 | *koːns |
| 瓘 | *koːns |
| 矔 | *koːns, *kroːns |
| 懽 | *koːns, *qʰoːn |
| 爟 | *koːns |
| 雚 | *koːns |
| 罐 | *koːns |
| 鑵 | *koːns |
| 歡 | *qʰoːn |
| 驩 | *qʰoːn |
| 貛 | *qʰoːn |
| 酄 | *qʰoːn |
| 獾 | *qʰoːn |
| 讙 | *qʰoːn, *qʰon |
| 嚾 | *qʰoːns |
| 權 | *ɡron |
| 顴 | *ɡron |
| 孉 | *ɡron |
| 蠸 | *ɡron |
| 虇 | *kʰonʔ, *kʰons |
| 勸 | *kʰons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːns) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: kuan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
- IPA (key): /ku̯a̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gun3
- Yale: gun
- Cantonese Pinyin: gun3
- IPA (key): /kuːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kon
- Hakka Romanization System: gon
- Hagfa Pinyim: gon4
- IPA: /kon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
- Tâi-lô: kuàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 灌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古玩切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kuɑnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷɑnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kuɑnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwanH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuɑnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kuɑnH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kuɑnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 灌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kwanH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[C.qʷ]ˤar-s/ |
| English | pour, drip |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 灌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4478 |
| Phonetic component |
雚 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
貫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*koːns/ |
Definitions
灌
- to fill (with liquid)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
灌
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
灌 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
灌 (quán)
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