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幻
幻
See also: 幼
Translingual
Han character
幻 (radical 52 幺+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女戈尸 (VIS) or X女戈尸 (XVIS), four-corner 27720, composition ⿰幺𠃌)
References
- KangXi: page 341, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9190
- Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1093, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5E7B
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
幻 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: huan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
- IPA (key): /xu̯a̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: waan6
- Yale: waahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan6
- IPA (key): /wɑːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huâng
- IPA (key): /huɑŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ue (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɯᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 幻 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /xuan⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /xuan⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /xuan⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /xuã²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /xuã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xuan³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xuã⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xuã²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xuan¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xuɛ̃n¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xuan²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /xuan³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /xuan¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /xuan²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /xuã̠²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /xuaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xʊ̃⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xuæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /xuɑŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /xuæ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ue³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /ue̞⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦuõ¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /v̠a³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xuɛ²²/ |
| Tunxi | /xuːə⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xõ⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /hɔn⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/fɵn²¹/ /fan²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fan⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wan²²/ |
| Nanning | /wan²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wan²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/huan²²/ /huan²¹/ 俗 |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /huɑŋ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xuiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /huaŋ²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /huaŋ³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 幻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (74) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 胡辨切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦˠuɛnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦʷᵚænH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣuænH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦwəɨnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣuɛnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣwænH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣwănH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
huàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 幻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5352 |
| Phonetic component |
幻 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
幻 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡʷreːns/ |
Definitions
幻
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
幻
Readings
Compounds
- 魔幻 (magen)
- 幻影 (gen'ei)
- 幻灯 (gentō)
- 幻覚 (genkaku)
- 幻術 (genjutsu)
- 幻滅 (genmetsu)
- 幻想 (gensō)
- 夢幻 (mugen)
Etymology
Probably from Old Japanese; used in The Tale of Genji, completed in 1021.
Pronunciation
Noun
幻 (hiragana まぼろし, romaji maboroshi)
Derived terms
- 幻を追う (maboroshi o ou): to pursue phantoms
Korean
Hanja
幻 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune-Reischauer hwan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
幻 (huyễn, hoẻn, ảo)
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