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Translingual

Han character

(radical 140 +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十口口 (TJRR), four-corner 44777)

  1. coarse grass, Themeda forskalii

References

  • KangXi: page 1036, character 51
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31142
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3240, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+83C5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*koːn
*koːn, *koːns
*koːn, *kroːns
*koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns
*koːn, *koːns
*koːnʔ
*koːnʔ, *kuːns
*koːnʔ, *koːns
*koːnʔ
*koːnʔ, *koːns
*koːnʔ, *koːns
*koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd
*koːns
*ɡoːns
*kroːn
*qroːnʔ, *qroːns
*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kroːn) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *koːn) – a type of grass.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (69)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠan/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨn/
Li
Rong
/kan/
Wang
Li
/kan/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4457
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kroːn/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 菅屨

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Proper noun

(hiragana かん, romaji Kan)

  1. A surname.

(hiragana すが, romaji Suga)

  1. A surname.

Korean

Hanja

(gwan) (hangeul , revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(gian)

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