曫

曫 U+66EB, 曫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66EB ← 曪 [U+66EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 曬 → [U+66EC]

Translingual

Han character

曫 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火日 (VFA), four-corner 2260₃, composition ⿱龻日)

1. dusk, twilight

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14265
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1542, character 17
• Unihan data for U+66EB

Chinese

trad.		曫
simp.		𬁢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓	*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	*smroːns, *smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	*pʰlons, *klons

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luán (luan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luán
    • Wade–Giles: luan²
    • Yale: lwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luan
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴
    • Yale: lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwan

Rime
Character	曫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落官切
Baxter	lwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwan/
Li Rong	/luɑn/
Wang Li	/luɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·roːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	曫
Reading #	1/1
No.	8623
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鑾
Old Chinese	/*b·roːn/

Definitions

曫

1. dusk

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 124

Japanese

Kanji

曫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らん (ran); ばん (ban); まん (man); れん (ren)
• Kun: たそがれ (tasogare)