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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 109 +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月山十一山 (BUJMU), four-corner 63011, composition)

  1. bright, shining
  2. to bulge (of the eyes)
  3. round (shape)

References

  • KangXi: page 808, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23352
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1223, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2493, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7746

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
*ŋkoːnʔ
*ŋkoːnʔ
*ŋ̥ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
*ŋoːn
*ŋoːn
*ŋoːn
*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
*ŋoːn
*ŋoːns
*ŋoːns
*ŋoːns
*ŋoːns
*ɦŋoːn
*ɦŋoːn
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
*ɦŋoːnʔ
*ɦŋoːnʔ
*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
*ɦŋroːnʔ
*ɦŋroːnʔ
*ŋon
*ŋon
*ŋon
*ŋon
*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (70)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠuanX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚanX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ɣuanX/
Wang
Li
/ɣwanX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwanX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16141
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bright

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hwan) (hangeul , revised hwan, McCune-Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

  1. bright
  2. beautiful
  3. protruding eyeball