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灣
灣
See also: 湾
Translingual
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Han character
灣 (radical 85 水+22, 25 strokes, cangjie input 水女火弓 (EVFN), four-corner 32127)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 664, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18823
- Dae Jaweon: page 1072, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1798, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7063
Chinese
| trad. | 灣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 湾 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 蠻 | *mroːn |
| 矕 | *mroːnʔ |
| 變 | *prons |
| 鸞 | *b·roːn |
| 巒 | *b·roːn |
| 灤 | *b·roːn |
| 欒 | *b·roːn |
| 鑾 | *b·roːn |
| 臠 | *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ |
| 羉 | *b·roːn |
| 䜌 | *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons |
| 灓 | *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons |
| 圝 | *b·roːn |
| 曫 | *b·roːn |
| 孿 | *smroːns, *smrons |
| 彎 | *qroːn |
| 灣 | *qroːn |
| 攣 | *b·ron |
| 孌 | *b·ronʔ, *b·rons |
| 戀 | *b·rons |
| 㪻 | *pʰlons, *klons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qroːn) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 彎 (OC *qroːn) – a type of water.
Etymology
From 彎 (OC *qroːn, “bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): waan4, waan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân
- Min Dong (BUC): uăng
- Min Nan (POJ): oaiⁿ / oan
- Wu (Wiktionary): ue (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ
- Wade-Giles: wan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uan
- IPA (key): /u̯a̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waan4, waan1
- Yale: wàahn, wāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan4, waan1
- IPA (key): /wɑːn²¹/, /wɑːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân
- Hakka Romanization System: van´
- Hagfa Pinyim: van1
- IPA: /van²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uăng
- IPA (key): /uaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oaiⁿ / oan
- Tâi-lô: uainn / uan
- Phofsit Daibuun: voay, oafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uãi³³/, /uan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ue (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɯᴇ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 灣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (70) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 烏關切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠuan/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔwaɨn/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔuan/ |
| Wang Li |
/wan/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔwan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wān |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 灣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8627 |
| Phonetic component |
|
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
彎 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qroːn/ |
| Notes | 彎分化字 |
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灣