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Translingual

Han character

(radical 144 +3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人一十弓 (HOMJN), four-corner 21221)

References

  • KangXi: page 1109, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34034
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 818, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+884E

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *kaːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (61) (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰanX/ /kʰanH/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑnX/ /kʰɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kǎn kàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3596 3598
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːnʔ/ /*kʰaːns/

Definitions

  1. to please; to give pleasure
  2. pleased; happy
  3. stable
  4. outspoken and upright

Compounds

  • 燕衎
  • 衎然
  • 衎衎

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gan) (hangeul , revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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