幻

See also: 幼 and 𠄔

幻	U+5E7B, 幻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7B

← 幺
[U+5E7A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

幼 →
[U+5E7C]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

幻 (radical 52, 幺+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女戈尸 (VIS) or X女戈尸 (XVIS), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿰幺𠃌)

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 341, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9190
Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 3
Unihan data for U+5E7B

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		幻
alternative forms		𠄔

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 幻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Inversion of 予.

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fam⁴
Min Dong (BUC): huâng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hoān / hoàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ / huêng³
Wu (Wiktionary): ue (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶
  - Yale: waahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wäːn²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fam⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huɑŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
  - Tâi-lô: huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /huan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang³ / huêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng / huèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³/, /hueŋ²¹³/

Note:

huang3 - Shantou;
huêng3 - Chaozhou.

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ue (T2)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯe̞³⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 幻
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xuan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/xuan⁵³/
	Jinan	/xuã²¹/
	Qingdao	/xuã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xuan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/xuã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/xuã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/xuan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xuɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/xuan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xuan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuan¹³/
	Guiyang	/xuan²¹³/
	Kunming	/xuã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/xuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/xʊ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xuɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/xuæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ue̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦuõ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠a³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/xuɛ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/xuːə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/xõ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/hɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɵn²¹/ /fan²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/fan⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wan²²/
	Nanning	/wan²²/
	Hong Kong	/wan²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/huan²²/ /huan²¹/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/huɑŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xuiŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/huaŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/huaŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠuɛn^H/

Rime
Character	幻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡辨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚæn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨn^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ɣwæn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwăn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幻
Reading #	1/1
No.	5352
Phonetic component	幻
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幻
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːns/

DefinitionsEdit

幻

mystical; mysterious
illusion; fantasy; mirage

CompoundsEdit

幻想 (huànxiǎng)
幻想力
幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
幻想派
幻日 (huànrì)
幻景 (huànjǐng)
幻民
幻法 (huànfǎ)
幻泡
幻滅／幻灭 (huànmiè)
幻燈／幻灯 (huàndēng)
幻燈機／幻灯机 (huàndēngjī)
幻燈片／幻灯片 (huàndēngpiàn)
幻相
幻術／幻术 (huànshù)
幻視／幻视 (huànshì)

幻覺／幻觉 (huànjué)
幻象 (huànxiàng)
泡幻
科幻 (kēhuàn)
科幻小說／科幻小说
科幻電影／科幻电影
空幻 (kōnghuàn)
虛幻／虚幻 (xūhuàn)
譸張為幻／诪张为幻
變幻／变幻 (biànhuàn)
變幻不測／变幻不测
變幻無常／变幻无常
變幻莫測／变幻莫测 (biànhuànmòcè)
迷幻藥／迷幻药 (míhuànyào)
風雲變幻／风云变幻 (fēngyúnbiànhuàn)
魔幻 (móhuàn)

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

幻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

fantasy, phantom

ReadingsEdit

Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)^{←げん (gen, historical)}^{←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kun: まぼろし (maboroshi, 幻, Jōyō)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
幻
まぼろし Grade: S
kun’yomi

Probably from Old Japanese. Used in The Tale of Genji, completed in 1021.^[1]^[2]

The initial ma is almost certainly 目 (ma, modern me, “eye”). The boroshi portion is of uncertain derivation, possibly related to modern colloquial adjective ぼろい (boroi, “rough, ragged, worn-out”), or verb ばらす (barasu, “to mess something up”).

PronunciationEdit

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) まぼろし [màbóróshí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠bo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

NounEdit

幻(まぼろし) • (maboroshi)

an illusion, a phantom, a dream, a vision

ReferencesEdit

^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

幻 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

幻: Hán Nôm readings: huyễn, hoẻn, ảo

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Usage notesEdit

Ảo appears to be a misreading due to confusion with the character 抝 or 拗 (ảo).

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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