慣

See also 惯

Translingual

simpl.		惯
trad.		慣

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 貫 – habit is what one does by heart.

Han character

慣 (radical 61 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心田十金 (PWJC), four-corner 9708₆, composition ⿰忄貫)

1. habit, custom
2. habitually, usually

Descendants

• 惯

References

• KangXi: page 399, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11111
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2349, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6163

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Cantonese

Hanzi

慣 (simplified 惯, Yale gwaan3)

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Japanese

Kanji

慣 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: なれる (nareru), ならわし (narawashi), ならす (narasu)

Compounds

• 慣行
• 慣習
• 慣性
• 慣用
• 慣例
• 習慣

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

慣 (simplified 惯, pinyin guàn (guan4), Wade-Giles kuan⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慣 (quán, quen)