莞

莞 U+839E, 莞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-839E ← 莝 [U+839D] CJK Unified Ideographs 莟 → [U+839F]

Translingual

Han character

莞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿十一山 (TJMU) or 難廿十一山 (XTJMU), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹完)

Derived characters

• 𣻻 𥕜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31063
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 5
• Unihan data for U+839E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
冠	*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞	*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖	*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒	*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞
alternative forms		𦺊 𦸌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹, gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹, gwaan¹
    • Yale: gūn, gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹, gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹, guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵/, /kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwan, hwan

Rime
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古丸切	胡官切
Baxter	kwan	hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn/	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn/	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan/	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun1	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋoːn/, /*ɦŋoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	16108	16127
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	桓
Old Chinese	/*kŋoːn/	/*ɦŋoːn/

Definitions

莞

1. ^† a type of long-stem watergrass, possibly the softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) or Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
2. ^† mat woven using this kind of grass
3. a surname

Compounds

• 莞簟
• 莞蒻

 

Etymology 2

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guêng² / guang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³
    • Yale: gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun²
    • Yale: gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kᵘɔn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán
    • Tâi-lô: kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guêng² / guang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuéng / kuáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kueŋ⁵²/, /kuaŋ⁵²/

Note:

• guêng2 - Chaozhou;
• guang2 - Shantou.

Definitions

莞

1. Used in 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn, “Dongguan”); also used as its short form.

Compounds

• 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn)
• 莞城 (Guǎnchéng)

 

Etymology 3

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞
alternative forms		莧／苋 唍 ancient

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): uāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³
    • Yale: wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁵
    • Yale: wúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaenX

Rime
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸板切
Baxter	hwaenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuanX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚanX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨnX/
Li Rong	/ɣuanX/
Wang Li	/ɣwanX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwanX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
No.	16140
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	睆
Old Chinese	/*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Definitions

莞

1. ^† smiling

Compounds

• 莞然
• 莞爾／莞尔 (wǎn'ěr)

 

Etymology 4

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³
    • Yale: wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁵
    • Yale: wúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/

Definitions

莞

1. ^† Alternative form of 脘 (wǎn, “gastric cavity”)

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 莞 – see 豌. (This character is a variant form of 豌).

Japanese

Kanji

莞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←ぐゑん (gwen, historical)}; かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: い (i, 莞); むしろ (mushiro, 莞); わらう (warau, 莞う)

Korean

Hanja

莞 • (gwan, wan) (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莞: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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