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玩

玩

Translingual

Han character

玩 (radical 96 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土一一山 (MGMMU), four-corner 11111, composition ⿰⺩元)

References

  • KangXi: page 728, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1103, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+73A9

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 玩
alt. forms 貦 archaic
翫 archaic
反 (faan2) Cantonese
𠆩 (faan2) Cantonese

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋoːns) : semantic 玉 ‎(“jade”) + phonetic 元 ‎(OC *ŋon) – ancient toys made of jade.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

玩

  1. to play with; to toy with
    玩積木 / 玩积木  ―  wán jīmù  ―  to play with building blocks
  2. to play; to engage in sports or recreational activities
    玩遊戲 / 玩游戏 [Cantonese]  ―  waan2 jau4 hei3 [Jyutping]  ―  to play games
    玩音樂 / 玩音乐 [Cantonese]  ―  waan2 jam1 lok6 [Jyutping]  ―  to play music; to perform music
  3. to play; to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially (e.g. with friends); to go out
    同朋友玩 [Cantonese]  ―  tung4 pang4 jau5waan2 [Jyutping]  ―  to play with friends
    去北京玩 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 bak1 ging1waan2 [Jyutping]  ―  to travel to Beijing (for a visit)
  4. to tease; to trifle with
    佢只係玩緊你，唔好理佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢只系玩紧你，唔好理佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Keoi5 zi2 hai6waan2 gan2 nei5, m4 hou2 lei5 keoi5. [Jyutping]
    He's just teasing you; ignore him.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 嬉、戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 玩
Mandarin Beijing 玩兒
Taiwan 玩
Tianjin 玩兒
Jinan 玩兒
Xi'an 耍
Wuhan 玩
Chengdu 耍
Yangzhou 玩
Hefei 玩
Cantonese Guangzhou 玩
Hong Kong 玩
Gan Nanchang 暱、玩
Hakka Meixian 嬲、攪
Jin Taiyuan 耍
Min Bei Jian'ou 嬉
Min Dong Fuzhou 客佻
Min Nan Quanzhou 耍、𨑨、𨑨迌
Xiamen 耍、𨑨迌
Zhangzhou 耍、𨑨迌
Taipei 耍、𨑨迌
Kaohsiung 耍、𨑨迌
Chaozhou 耍、𨑨迌
Shantou 耍、𨑨迌
Wu Shanghai 白相
Suzhou 白相
Wenzhou 嬉
Xiang Changsha 玩
Shuangfeng 耍

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 玩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五換切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋwanH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 玩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngwanH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ]ˤo[n]-s/
English plaything

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 玩
Reading # 1/1
No. 16120
Phonetic
component		 元
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 玩
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋoːns/

Definitions

玩

  1. † to hold and fondle; to play with; to toy with; to dally with
  2. † to enjoy; to appreciate
  3. †toy; plaything; object for appreciation
  4. † to trifle with; to treat without seriousness or respect
  5. † to savour; to deliberate

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

玩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

玩 • ‎(wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune-Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

玩 (ngoạn)

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