寬

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 萈 (“goat”)

House is spacious. See also 家.

Han characterEdit

寬 (radical 40 宀+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十廿月戈 (JTBI), four-corner 3021₆, composition ⿱宀萈)

1. broad, wide
2. spacious, vast

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 292, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7322
• Dae Jaweon: page 578, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 947, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5BEC

HanziEdit

寬 (simplified 宽, Jyutping fun1, Yale fun1)

KanjiEdit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi), ゆるやか (yuruyaka), くつろぐ (kutsurogu)

HanjaEdit

寬 (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan)

HanziEdit

寬 (simplified 宽, Pinyin kuān (kuan1), Wade-Giles k'uan¹)

Han characterEdit

寬 (kuɑn)

Han characterEdit

寬 (khoan, khoăn)