See also:
U+74B0, 環
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74B0

[U+74AF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+74B1]

Translingual edit

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 96, +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一土田中女 (MGWLV), four-corner 16132, composition 𤣩)

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 743, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1152, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1140, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+74B0

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         




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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡʷraːn): semantic (jade) + phonetic (OC *ɡʷeŋ).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit


Note: van4 - used in 耳環耳环 (“earring”).
Note: uan4 - used in 環子环子 (“earring”).
Note:
  • khoân - vernacular;
  • hoân - literary.
Note: huêng5 - Chaozhou.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /xuan³⁵/
Harbin /xuan²⁴/
Tianjin /xuan⁴⁵/
Jinan /xuã⁴²/
Qingdao /xuã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xuan⁴²/
Xi'an /xuã²⁴/
Xining /xuã²⁴/
Yinchuan /xuan⁵³/
Lanzhou /xuɛ̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /xuan⁵¹/
Wuhan /xuan²¹³/
Chengdu /xuan³¹/
Guiyang /xuan²¹/
Kunming /xuã̠³¹/
Nanjing /kʰuaŋ²⁴/
/xuaŋ²⁴/
Hefei /xuæ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /xuæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /xuɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /xuæ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɡue²³/
Suzhou /ɡue̞¹³/
Hangzhou /ɡuõ²¹³/
Wenzhou /va³¹/
Hui Shexian /xuɛ⁴⁴/
/uɛ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /uːən⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /fan¹³/
Xiangtan /ɸan¹²/
Gan Nanchang /uan⁴⁵/ 耳~
/fan⁴⁵/ 門~
Hakka Meixian /fan¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰuɑn¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wan²¹/
Nanning /wan²¹/
Hong Kong /wan²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /huan³⁵/
/kʰuan³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰuaŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /uiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /huaŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /huaŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaɨn/
Li
Rong
/ɣuan/
Wang
Li
/ɣwan/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
waan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/
English ring (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16231
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷraːn/

Definitions edit

  1. circle; ring; hoop
      ―  zhǐhuán  ―  finger ring
      ―  ěrhuán  ―  earring
  2. link
  3. to surround
      ―  huánrào  ―  to surround
      ―  Huán  ―  Tour de France
  4. (chemistry) ring (a group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule)
      ―  běnhuán  ―  benzene ring
      ―  huán  ―  heterocycle
  5. (mathematics) ring
  6. (archery, shooting) ring
  7. a surname
Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かん) (kan)
  • Korean: 환(環) (hwan)
  • Vietnamese: hoàn ()

Etymology 2 edit

From Cantonese (waan1-4, “bay”), used in certain place names. The low-falling tone change is possibly borrowed from Siyi Yue (Lau and Tang, 2020).

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (used in place names in Hong Kong and Macau and compounds) bay
    九約九约 [Cantonese]  ―  sei3 waan4 gau2 joek3 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

環󠄁
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(Adobe-Japan1)
 
環󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. circle, ring, wheel

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC hwaen).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かん) (kanくわん (kwan)?

  1. ring
  2. (algebra) ring

Prefix edit

(かん) (kan-くわん (kwan)?

  1. circum-

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

() (wa

  1. a ring or circle shape (such as a ring for a finger, or Saturn's rings)
  2. a hoop (such as for a barrel)
  3. a wheel (as of a vehicle)
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
たまき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
手纏

Originally a compound of (ta, hand, ancient combining form of modern te) +‎ 巻き (maki, winding, wrapping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the bracelet would be worn around the wrist.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(たまき) (tamaki

  1. an ancient bracelet strung with jewels or bells and worn at the elbow
  2. a longer tube-shaped gauntlet to protect the hand during archery
  3. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring
Synonyms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
ゆびまき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
指巻

Originally a compound of (yubi, finger, noun) +‎ 巻き (maki, winding, wrapping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 巻く maku, “to wind, to wrap”), from the way that the ring would be worn around a finger.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝbʲima̠kʲi]

Noun edit

(ゆびまき) (yubimaki

  1. (obsolete) an ancient jewel or other stone in the shape of a ring
Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1441 (paper), page 771 (digital)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(hwan) (hangeul )

  1. jade ring or bracelet
  2. ring

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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