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莞
莞
Translingual
Han character
莞 (radical 140 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一山 (TJMU) or X廿十一山 (XTJMU), four-corner 44211, composition ⿱艹完)
- (literary) to smile
- clubrush (Schoenoplectus lacustris) — a kind of aquatic herb
References
- KangXi: page 1034, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31063
- Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3225, character 5
- Unihan data for U+839E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
莞 | |
|---|---|---|
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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: kuan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
- IPA (key): /ku̯a̠n²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: wan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
- IPA (key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gun1, gun2, wun1, wun5
- Yale: gūn, gún, wūn, wúhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gun1, gun2, wun1, wun5
- IPA (key): /kuːn⁵⁵/, /kuːn³⁵/, /wuːn⁵⁵/, /wuːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 莞 | 莞 | 莞 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 見 (28) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) | 桓 (62) | 刪 (70) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | II |
| Fanqie | 胡官切 | 古丸切 | 戸板切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦuɑn/ | /kuɑn/ | /ɦˠuanX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷɑn/ | /kʷɑn/ | /ɦʷᵚanX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɑn/ | /kuɑn/ | /ɣuɐnX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwan/ | /kwan/ | /ɦwaɨnX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɑn/ | /kuɑn/ | /ɣuanX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣuɑn/ | /kuɑn/ | /ɣwanX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣuɑn/ | /kuɑn/ | /ɣwanX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huán | guān | huàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 莞 | 莞 | 莞 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 16108 | 16127 | 16140 |
| Phonetic component |
元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
官 | 桓 | 睆 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kŋoːn/ | /*ɦŋoːn/ | /*ɦŋroːnʔ/ |
Definitions
莞
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Japanese
Kanji
莞
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
莞 • (gwan, wan) (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: hoàn
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