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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 148 +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火手弓月土 (FQNBG) or 火手弓月手 (FQNBQ), four-corner 90227)

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Chinese

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (30) (28)
Final () (80) (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiuᴇn/ /kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷᵚiɛn/ /kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuæn/ /kiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gwian/ /kwianH/
Li
Rong
/ɡjuɛn/ /kjuɛnH/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭwɛn/ /kĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯wɛn/ /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
quán juàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7161 7167
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krons/ /*ɡron/

Definitions

  1. curled (of an animal horn)
  2. bent
  3. meandering, winding
  4. to bend, to curve
  5. to warp, to distort
  6. (of the body of a human, animal or plant) to curl, to coil, to twist

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