侃

侃	U+4F83, 侃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F83

Translingual edit

Han character edit

侃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹山 (ORHU), four-corner 2621₀, composition ⿰亻⿱口𫶧)

upright and strong
amiable

Derived characters edit

諐𣵿𨓲𫺛𩱡

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 577
Dae Jaweon: page 214, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 3
Unihan data for U+4F83

Chinese edit

trad.		侃
simp. ^#		侃
alternative forms		偘 literary senses 砍 to chat

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 侃

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Bronze inscriptions**
b15667	b15668	b15669	b15670	b15671	b15672	b15673	b15674
b15675	b15676

**Small seal script**
s08420

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L15847	L15848

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (侃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
諐	*kʰran
侃	kʰaːnʔ, kʰaːns
偘	*kʰaːns

Multiple explanations. Most consider the character an Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) .

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎn (kan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khán

(Teochew, Peng'im): kang² / kang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan³
  - Yale: kǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
  - Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon²
  - Yale: hón
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khán
  - Tâi-lô: khán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qarn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang² / kang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháng / khàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵²/, /kʰaŋ²¹³/

Note: kang3 - alternative reading.

Middle Chinese: khanX, khanH

Rime
Character	侃	侃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	空旱切	苦旰切
Baxter	khanX	khanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰan^X/	/kʰan^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎn	kàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon²	hon³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːnʔ/, /*kʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侃	侃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7350	7351
Phonetic component	侃	侃
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	侃	侃
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːnʔ/	/*kʰaːns/

Etymology 1 edit

Definitions edit

侃

(literary) upright; outspoken; straightforward
(literary) harmonious and happy; congenial
to boast; to tease

Etymology 2 edit

From 侃大山.^[1]

Verb edit

侃

(colloquial) to chatter idly
(dialectal) to chat

Compounds edit

References edit

^ 胡明扬 (2003 January 1) ““续貂”两则”, in 咬文嚼字 (in Chinese), number 97, 上海: 上海文化出版社, pages 4-5

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

侃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

侃 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan)

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[1] 胡明扬 (2003 January 1) ““续貂”两则”, in 咬文嚼字 (in Chinese), number 97, 上海: 上海文化出版社, pages 4-5

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