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紈

紈

See also: 纨

Translingual

Han character

紈 (radical 120 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火大弓戈 (VFKNI), four-corner 25917)

  1. white silk, fine silk
  2. gauze

References

  • KangXi: page 916, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27247
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3366, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7D08

Chinese

trad. 紈
simp. 纨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
骫 *qʷralʔ
丸 *ɡʷaːn
紈 *ɡʷaːn
芄 *ɡʷaːn
汍 *ɡʷaːn
肒 *ɡʷaːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 紈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwan/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑn/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紈
Reading # 1/1
No. 12609
Phonetic
component		 丸
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 桓
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷaːn/

Definitions

紈

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Compounds

  • 冰紈／冰纨
  • 李紈／李纨
  • 紈扇／纨扇
  • 紈素／纨素
  • 紈綺／纨绮
  • 紈綺年／纨绮年
  • 紈褲／纨裤
  • 紈褲子弟／纨裤子弟
  • 綺紈之歲／绮纨之岁
  • 綺襦紈褲／绮襦纨裤
  • 膏粱紈綺／膏粱纨绮
  • 蕙心紈質／蕙心纨质
  • 錦衣紈褲／锦衣纨裤
  • 齊紈魯縞／齐纨鲁缟

Japanese

Kanji

紈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: かん (kan), がん (gan)
  • Kun: しろぎぬ (shiroginu), むすぶ (musubu), かさなる (kasanaru)

Korean

Hanja

紈 • ‎(hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune-Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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