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圜
圜
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See also: 圓
Translingual
Han character
圜 (radical 31 囗+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田田中女 (WWLV), four-corner 60732, composition ⿴囗睘)
References
- KangXi: page 221, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4851
- Dae Jaweon: page 453, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 726, character 16
- Unihan data for U+571C
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
圜 | |
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Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: huan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
- IPA (key): /xu̯a̠n³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waan4
- Yale: wàahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan4
- IPA (key): /wɑːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 圜 | 圜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (70) | 仙 (80) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 戸關切 | 王權切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠuan/ | /ɦˠiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚan/ | /ɦʷᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuɐn/ | /ɣiuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwaɨn/ | /ɦwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuan/ | /ɣjuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣwan/ | /ɣĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwan/ | /i̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huán | yuán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 圜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yuán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjwen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷ<r>en/ |
| English | round |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 圜 | 圜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16236 | 16252 |
| Phonetic component |
睘 | 睘 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
還 | 貟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷraːn/ | /*ɡʷen/ |
Verb
圜
- to revolve around
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: yüan2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
- IPA (key): /y̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Noun
圜
- Alternative spelling of 圓
- celestial body
Japanese
Kanji
圜
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
圜 • (won, hwan) (hangeul 원, 환, revised won, hwan, McCune-Reischauer wŏn, hwan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
圜 (viên)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 圜
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (睘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen) : semantic 囗 (“circle”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ). (This etymology is incorrect, can we instead use the etymology found on the French version of this page?)