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Translingual

Han character

(radical 181 +4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一山一月金 (MUMBC), four-corner 11286, composition)

  1. obstinate, stubborn
  2. recalcitrant

References

  • KangXi: page 1401, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43374
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4359, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9811

Chinese

trad.
simp.

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 () (31)
Final () (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋwaɨn/
Li
Rong
/ŋuan/
Wang
Li
/ŋwan/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16138 16139
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
𤸷
Old
Chinese
/*ŋroːn/ /*ŋroːn/
Notes

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. stubborn

Readings

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(ngoan, ngoãn)

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