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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 72 +19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火日 (VFA), four-corner 22603, composition)

  1. dusk, twilight

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mroːn
*mroːnʔ
*prons
*b·roːn
*b·roːn
*b·roːn
*b·roːn
*b·roːn
*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
*b·roːn
*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
*b·roːn
*b·roːn
孿 *smroːns, *smrons
*qroːn
*qroːn
*b·ron
*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
*b·rons
*pʰlons, *klons

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/lʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwan/
Li
Rong
/luɑn/
Wang
Li
/luɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8623
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*b·roːn/

Definitions

  1. dusk

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings