See also:
U+6B3E, 款
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B3E

[U+6B3D]
CJK Unified Ideographs 欿
[U+6B3F]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 76, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土火弓人 (GFNO), four-corner 47982, composition ⿰⿱)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 569, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16107
  • Dae Jaweon: page 957, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2141, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6B3E

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. 𤘯
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Originally (kuài), phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : phonetic (OC *naːds) + semantic (lacking, desire), meaning desire. The 木 component was simplified into 士 via libian, similar to .[1]

Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰloːnʔ) : abbreviated phonetic (OC *kʰloːnʔ) + semantic (lacking, desire).

  1. ^ 李學勤,2012《字源》,天津:天津古籍出版社,2013年7月2次印刷。p. 768

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taiwan:
    • khóaⁿ - vernacular;
    • khoán - literary.
Note:
  • kuang2 - Shantou;
  • kuêng2 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khwanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwanX/
Li
Rong
/kʰuɑnX/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɑnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fun2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7508
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰloːnʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. money (of certain kind)
      ―  jièkuǎn  ―  loan
      ―  cúnkuǎn  ―  deposit
  2. model, type
    [Cantonese]  ―  gei2 fun2 ce1 [Jyutping]  ―  several types of cars
    手機手机 [Cantonese]  ―  tung4 fun2 sau2 gei1 [Jyutping]  ―  same model of phone
  3. signature
  4. (law) subsection; subparagraph; subclause (in bills)
  5. (Southern Min, Cantonese) appearance; being
    [Cantonese]  ―  seoi1 fun2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (Hokkien) Classifier for varieties: kind; sort; typeall nouns using this classifier

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC khwanX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かん) (kanくわん (kwan)?

  1. intimacy; friendship
  2. section of an article in a law, code, etc.

Affix edit

(かん) (kanくわん (kwan)?

  1. intimacy; friendship
  2. signature; sign and seal
  3. articles or clauses of an agreement, document of proof, etc.
  4. expense; money; funds

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(gwan) (hangeul , revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: khoản

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