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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 112 +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一口一十 (MRMJ), four-corner 11640, composition)

  1. a rock or cliff

References

  • KangXi: page 827, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24038
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1241, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2417, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+77F8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
*kaːn
竿 *kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːns
*kaːn
*kaːn, *ɡaːn
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns
*kaːns, *ɡraːns
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kaːnʔ
*kʰaːn
*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̥ʰraːn
*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
*ŋɡaːns
*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
*qʰaːnʔ
*ɡaːn
*ɡaːnʔ
*ɡaːnʔ
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡaːns
*ɡʷranʔ
*ɡraːns
*kan
*ɡan, *ɡʷad
*qʰan
*qʰan
*qʰaːŋʔ
*ɡʷaːnʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (28) (33) (28)
Final () (61) (61) (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑnX/ /ɦɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑnX/ /ɦɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑnX/ /ɣɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kanX/ /ɦanH/ /kanH/
Li
Rong
/kɑnX/ /ɣɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Wang
Li
/kɑnX/ /ɣɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑnX/ /ɣɑnH/ /kɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǎn hàn gàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 3579 3590 3619
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːnʔ/ /*kaːns/ /*ɡaːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (Min Nan) bottle
    [Min Nan]   chiú-kan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   wine bottle
  2. (Min Nan) Classifier for bottles.

Synonyms

  • (bottle):
Dialectal synonyms of 瓶子 (“bottle”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瓶子
Mandarin Beijing 瓶子瓶兒
Taiwan 瓶子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 罐仔、盎仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 罐仔、盎仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 罐仔、盎仔
Dongshi (Dabu)
Zhuolan (Raoping) 罐仔、盎仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Min Nan Quanzhou 矸仔、
Xiamen 矸仔、
Zhangzhou 矸仔、
Taipei 矸仔、
Chaozhou
Wu Wenzhou
  • (classifier):
Dialectal synonyms of (“classifier for bottles”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing 瓶兒
Taiwan
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Min Nan Taipei

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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