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姦

See also: 奸 and 姧

Translingual

Han character

姦 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女女女 (VVV), four-corner 4044₄, composition ⿱女奻)

References

KangXi: page 260, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6217

Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1048, character 10

Unihan data for U+59E6

Chinese

trad.		姦
simp.		奸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姦
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (姦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
姦	*kraːn
葌	*kraːn

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 女 (“woman”) × 3 – lewd behaviour; vice.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
Min Dong (BUC): găng
Min Nan (POJ): kan / kàn
Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T1); ji (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Wade-Giles: chien¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan¹
  - Yale: gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: găng
  - IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan / kàn
  - Tâi-lô: kan / kàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafn, kaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴/, /kan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³/, /kan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴/, /kan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴/, /kan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴/, /kan²¹/
  - Note: kàn - substitute character.
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ke (T1); ji (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kᴇ⁵³/, /t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - Note: 1ke - vernacular; 1ji - literary.

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 姦
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕian⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕian⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕian²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕian²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiã²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕian⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕian⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕian⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕian⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕien³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiĩ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ke⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕiɪ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕiẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/ka³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕie³¹/ /kɛ³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/kɔ¹¹/ 強～ /t͡siɛ¹¹/ ～賊
Xiang	Changsha	/kan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kan³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kan⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kian⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kien²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kan⁵³/
	Nanning	/kan⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kan⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kan⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kaŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kaiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/kaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /kˠan/▼

Rime
Character	姦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古顔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨn/
Li Rong	/kan/
Wang Li	/kan/
Bernard Karlgren	/kan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[k]ˤran/

(Zhengzhang): /*kraːn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	姦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ kæn ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤran/
English	wicked(ness)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姦
Reading #	1/1
No.	6027
Phonetic component	姦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	姦
Old Chinese	/*kraːn/

Definitions

姦

Compounds

作姦犯科／作奸犯科
刁姦／刁奸
和姦／和奸
大姦似忠／大奸似忠
姦人之雄／奸人之雄
姦伏／奸伏
姦佞／奸佞 (jiānnìng)
姦凶／奸凶
姦夫／奸夫
姦夫淫婦／奸夫淫妇
姦宄／奸宄
姦情／奸情 (jiānqíng)
姦慝／奸慝
姦殺／奸杀
姦汙／奸污

姦淫／奸淫 (jiānyín)
姦淫擄掠／奸淫掳掠
姦盜邪淫／奸盗邪淫
姦細／奸细
姦臣／奸臣
姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
姦通／奸通 (jiāntōng)
姦邪／奸邪
姦雄／奸雄
姦非／奸非
姦黨／奸党
強姦／强奸 (qiángjiān)
強姦民意／强奸民意
捉姦／捉奸 (zhuōjiān)
擒姦擿伏／擒奸擿伏

擒姦討暴／擒奸讨暴
洞燭姦邪／洞烛奸邪
獸姦／兽奸 (shòujiān, “bestiality”)
發姦擿伏／发奸擿伏
發擿姦伏／发擿奸伏
禁姦除猾／禁奸除猾
誘姦／诱奸
賣俏行姦／卖俏行奸
賣姦／卖奸
贏姦賣俏／赢奸卖俏
輪姦／轮奸 (lúnjiān)
迎姦賣俏／迎奸卖俏
通姦／通奸 (tōngjiān)
雞姦／鸡奸 (jījiān)

Japanese

Kanji

姦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: けん (ken)
Kan’on: かん (kan)
Kun: みだら (midara), かしましい (kashimashii)

Compounds

姦 (かしま)しい ‎(kashimashii)
姦悪 (かんあく) ‎(kan'aku)
姦淫 (かんいん) ‎(kan'in)
姦黠 (かんかつ) ‎(kankatsu)
姦譎 (かんきつ) ‎(kankitsu)
姦曲 (かんきょく) ‎(kankyoku)
姦計 (かんけい) ‎(kankei)
姦譎 (かんけつ) ‎(kanketsu)
姦詐 (かんさ) ‎(kansa)
姦才 (かんさい) ‎(kansai)
姦策 (かんさく) ‎(kansaku)
姦邪 (かんじゃ) ‎(kanja)
姦商 (かんしょう) ‎(kanshō)
姦心 (かんしん) ‎(kanshin)
姦臣 (かんしん) ‎(kanshin)
姦人 (かんじん) ‎(kanjin)
姦 (かん)する ‎(kansuru)
姦賊 (かんぞく) ‎(kanzoku)
姦智 (かんち) ‎(kanchi)
姦通 (かんつう) ‎(kantsū)
姦徒 (かんと) ‎(kanto)
姦盗 (かんとう) ‎(kantō)
姦慝 (かんとく) ‎(kantoku), 姦慝 (かんちょく) ‎(kanchoku)
姦佞 (かんねい) ‎(kannei)
姦夫 (かんぷ) ‎(kanpu)
姦婦 (かんぷ) ‎(kanpu)
姦物 (かんぶつ) ‎(kanbutsu)
姦謀 (かんぼう) ‎(kanbō)
姦民 (かんみん) ‎(kanmin)
姦雄 (かんゆう) ‎(kan'yū)
姦濫 (かんらん) ‎(kanran)
鶏姦 (けいかん) ‎(keikan)
強姦 (ごうかん) ‎(gōkan)
屍姦 (しかん) ‎(shikan)
視曲 (しかん) ‎(shikan)
獣姦 (じゅうかん) ‎(jūkan): bestiality (sexual activity)
相姦 (そうかん) ‎(sōkan)
賊姦 (ぞっかん) ‎(zokkan)
大姦 (たいかん) ‎(taikan)
佞姦 (ねいかん) ‎(neikan)
有夫姦 (ゆうふかん) ‎(yūfukan)
輪姦 (りんかん) ‎(rinkan)
和姦 (わかん) ‎(wakan)

Kanji in this term
姦
かん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 姦 ‎(kæn).

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Alternative forms

奸, 姧

Adjective

姦 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana かん, romaji kan)

wicked

Inflection

Inflection of "姦な"

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	姦だろ	かんだろ	kan daro
Continuative (連用形)	姦で	かんで	kan de
Terminal (終止形)	姦だ	かんだ	kan da
Attributive (連体形)	姦な	かんな	kan na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	姦なら	かんなら	kan nara
Imperative (命令形)	姦であれ	かんであれ	kan de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	姦ではない姦じゃない	かんではないかんじゃない	kan de wa nai kan ja nai
Informal past	姦だった	かんだった	kan datta
Informal negative past	姦ではなかった姦じゃなかった	かんではなかったかんじゃなかった	kan de wa nakatta kan ja nakatta
Formal	姦です	かんです	kan desu
Formal negative	姦ではありません姦じゃありません	かんではありませんかんじゃありません	kan de wa arimasen kan ja arimasen
Formal past	姦でした	かんでした	kan deshita
Formal negative past	姦ではありませんでした姦じゃありませんでした	かんではありませんでしたかんじゃありませんでした	kan de wa arimasen deshita kan ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	姦で	かんで	kan de
Conditional	姦なら（ば）	かんなら（ば）	kan nara (ba)
Provisional	姦だったら	かんだったら	kan dattara
Volitional	姦だろう	かんだろう	kan darō
Adverbial	姦に	かんに	kan ni
Degree	姦さ	かんさ	kansa

Noun

姦 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji kan)

wickedness, wicked person

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

姦 • ‎(gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Compounds

수간 (獸姦, sugan, “bestiality (sexual activity)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

姦 (gian)

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姦

姦

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