岏

岏 U+5C8F, 岏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C8F ← 岎 [U+5C8E] CJK Unified Ideographs 岐 → [U+5C90]

Translingual

Han character

岏 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山一一山 (UMMU), four-corner 2171₁, composition ⿰山元)

1. towering mountains (used in the word 巑岏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7935
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 762, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C8F
• International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database

Chinese

trad.		岏
simp. #		岏

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wán
    • Wade–Giles: wan²
    • Yale: wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngwan

Rime
Character	岏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五丸切
Baxter	ngwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwan/
Li Rong	/ŋuɑn/
Wang Li	/ŋuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岏
Reading #	1/1
No.	16113
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	岏
Old Chinese	/*ŋoːn/

Definitions

岏

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 巉岏
• 巑岏／𰏁岏

 

Japanese

Kanji

岏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 岏しい)^{←けはしい (kefasii, 岏しい, historical)}; たかい (takai, 岏い)

Compounds

• 巑岏(さんがん) (sangan)

Korean

Hanja

岏 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan)

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