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Translingual

Han character

(radical 32 +13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月女土 (BVG), four-corner 27104, composition ⿱⿰)

  1. cultivate, reclaim, to farm land

References

  • KangXi: page 240, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5509
  • Dae Jaweon: page 479, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 492, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+58BE

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*krɯːn
*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
*ŋrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːn
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*ɡrɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
*kɯːn
*kɯːn
*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
*kɯːns
*kɯːns
*kʰɯːnʔ
*kʰɯːnʔ
*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːn
*ɡɯːnʔ
*ɡɯːns
*ŋrɯn
*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (53)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰənX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰənX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰənX/
Li
Rong
/kʰənX/
Wang
Li
/kʰənX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kěn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3930
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰɯːnʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

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Korean

Hanja

(gan) (hangeul , revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(khẩn)

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