丱

See also: 卝

丱 U+4E31, 丱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E31 ← 丰 [U+4E30] CJK Unified Ideographs 串 → [U+4E32]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japan (Chinese order: 1, 2, 5, 3, 4.)

Han character

丱 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女中中中一 (VLLLM), four-corner 2277₀, composition ⿲丩丨𠃎(G) or ⿲𠂈丨𠃎(G) or ⿰⿰𠃊丿⿰丨𠃎(HTJK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 77
• Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 52, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4E31

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丱
alternative forms		卝

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
    • Yale: gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan³
    • Yale: gwaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaenH

Rime
Character	丱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古患切
Baxter	kwaenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuanH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨnH/
Li Rong	/kuanH/
Wang Li	/kwanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4475
Phonetic component	丱
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	慣
Old Chinese	/*kroːns/

Definitions

丱

1. ^† child's hairstyle bound in two tufts
2. ^† young child, childhood

Synonyms

• 總角／总角 (zǒngjiǎo)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丱 – see 礦 (“mineral deposit; ore; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 礦).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00008
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02873-011

Japanese

Kanji

丱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a kind of ancient hairstyle
2. young or tender

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: あげまき (agemaki, 丱); おさない (osanai, 丱い)^{←をさない (wosanai, 丱い, historical)}

As a variant form of 礦:

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)←くゐやう (kwyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あらがね (aragane, 丱)

Korean

Hanja

丱 (eumhun 쌍상투 관 (ssangsangtu gwan))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丱

Vietnamese

Han character

丱: Hán Nôm readings: quán

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References

• Nom Foundation