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冠

冠

冠 U+51A0, 冠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A0
← 冟
[U+519F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冡 →
[U+51A1]
See also: 冦

Translingual

Han character

冠 (radical 14 冖+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一山戈 (BMUI), four-corner 37214, composition ⿱冖⿺元寸)

References

  • KangXi: page 130, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1580
  • Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 303, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+51A0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冠
alt. forms 𠖌
𠙙
𠜍
𢃙

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 *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns) : semantic 冖 ‎(“hat”) + phonetic 元 ‎(OC *ŋon, “head”) + semantic 寸 ‎(“hand”) – a hand putting a hat on the head. Also ideogrammic (會意) .

Earlier forms are phono-semantic (形聲, OC *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns) : semantic 冃 ‎(“hat”) + phonetic 元 ‎(OC *ŋon).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)wa-n ‎(“to put on; to wear; to clothe”). Cognate with Tibetan བགོ་བ ‎(bgo ba, “to put on; to wear; clothing”), གོས ‎(gos, “clothes; garments; dress”), གོན་པ ‎(gon pa), གྱོན་པ ‎(gyon pa, “to put on; to wear”), སྐོན་པ ‎(skon pa, “to dress; to clothe”).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 冠
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古丸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwan/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑn/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冠
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwan ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k.ʔ]ˤor/
English cap (n.)

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 冠
Reading # 1/2
No. 16107
Phonetic
component		 元
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 官
Old
Chinese		 /*kŋoːn/

Definitions

冠

  1. hat; cap
    皇冠  ―  huángguān  ―  crown
  2. top part; cap; top
  3. hat-shaped thing
    花冠  ―  huāguān  ―  wreath; crown
    雞冠 / 鸡冠  ―  jīguān  ―  cockscomb
  4. cock's crest; comb

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 冠
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古玩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwanH/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冠
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwanH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k.ʔˤor-s/
English cap (v.)

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 冠
Reading # 2/2
No. 16109
Phonetic
component		 元
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 貫
Old
Chinese		 /*kŋoːns/

Definitions

冠

  1. † to put on a hat; to wear a hat
  2. †(of a male) to reach adulthood
  3. † to rank first; to excel; to surpass
  4. † to cover; to put on top of
  5. to precede (e.g. with a title); to attach; to put on
  6. (historical) ceremony marking a man's coming of age at 20
  7. †superior; excellent; outstanding
    冠軍 / 冠军  ―  guànjūn  ―  champion
  8. †first place
  9. champion; winner; victor
  10. (linguistics) Short for 冠詞／冠词 (guàncí, “article”).
  11. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

冠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
冠
かん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
冠
かぶり
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
冠
かむり
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
冠
かんむり
Grade: S
kun'yomi
  • 被 (かぶ)り ‎(kaburi)

Pronunciation

Noun

冠 ‎(hiragana かんむり, romaji kanmuri, alternative reading かむり, romaji kamuri, alternative reading かぶり, romaji kaburi)
(alternative reading hiragana かん, romaji kan, historical hiragana くわん)

  1. a crown (royal headdress)
  2. a type of traditional cap
  3. the top radical of a kanji, such as 冖 as in 冠 itself

Proper noun

冠 ‎(hiragana かんむり, romaji kanmuri)

  1. A surname​.

Korean

Hanja

冠 • ‎(gwan)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 관 (revised: gwan, McCune-Reischauer: kwan)
  • Name (hangeul): 갓 관()
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Vietnamese

Han character

冠 (quan, quán)

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