See also:
U+5F4E, 彎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F4E

[U+5F4D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5F4F]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

(Kangxi radical 57, +19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓 (VFN), four-corner 22207, composition )

Derived characters Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 361, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9904
  • Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1005, character 22
  • Unihan data for U+5F4E

Chinese Edit

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin Edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qroːn): semantic (bow) + phonetic (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons).

Etymology Edit

May be cognate with (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa).

“homosexual”
Semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation Edit


Note:
  • oaiⁿ - vernacular;
  • oan - literary.
Note:
  • uêng1 - Chaozhou;
  • uang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /uan⁵⁵/
    Harbin /uan⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /van²¹/
    Jinan /vã²¹³/
    Qingdao /vã²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /uan²⁴/
    Xi'an /uã²¹/
    Xining /uã²¹³/
    Yinchuan /van⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /vɛ̃n³¹/
    Ürümqi /van⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /uan⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /uan⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /uan⁵⁵/
    Kunming /uã̠⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /uaŋ³¹/
    Hefei /uæ̃²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /væ̃¹¹/
    Pingyao /uɑŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /væ̃³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ue⁵³/
    Suzhou /ue̞⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /ʔuõ³³/
    Wenzhou /v̠a³³/
    Hui Shexian /uɛ³¹/
    Tunxi /uːə¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /uan³³/
    Xiangtan /uan³³/
    Gan Nanchang /uan⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /van⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /vɑn²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /wan⁵³/
    Nanning /wan⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /wan⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /uan⁵⁵/
    /uãi⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /uaŋ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /yiŋ⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /uaŋ³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /uaŋ²³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (34)
    Final () (70)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter 'waen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʔˠuan/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʔʷᵚan/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʔuɐn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʔwaɨn/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʔuan/
    Wang
    Li
    /wan/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ʔwan/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    wān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    waan1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8626
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*qroːn/

    Definitions Edit

    1. to bend; to make bent
        ―  wānyāo  ―  to bend over
    2. to draw a bow
    3. bent; curved; crooked; arched
        ―  wān  ―  bent
        ―  wān  ―  curved road
      Antonym: (zhí)
    4. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual
        ―  wānnán  ―  gay man
        ―  biàn wān  ―  to turn a straight person gay
      Antonym: (zhí)
    5. a bend; turn; curve; crook
        ―  wān  ―  a bend
        ―  guǎiwān  ―  to turn (at a corner)
    6. (Chinese calligraphy) a bend (such as in , , , or )
    7. ( (wān))
      1. a bend in a river
      2. a bend in the coastline; bay, gulf
    8. Classifier for bent objects, such as a quarter moon.
    9. (Penang Hokkien) to turn; to make a turn; to change direction

    Synonyms Edit

    Coordinate terms Edit

    Compounds Edit

    Descendants Edit

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Japanese: (わん) (wan)
    • Korean: 만(彎) (man)
    • Vietnamese: loan ()

    Japanese Edit

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji Edit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. bend, curve
    2. stretching a bow

    Readings Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Kanji in this term
    わん
    Hyōgaiji
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (MC 'waen). Compare modern Mandarin (wān).

    Note that this character is replaced in modern Japanese by the simplified character (wan), rather than the simplified Chinese character (wān, bend, curve). The Japanese simplified version means bay or inlet when used on its own, but now also includes the bend, curve meanings when used in compounds.[1]

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    (わん) (wan

    1. a bend, a curve

    Derived terms Edit

    References Edit

    1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

    Korean Edit

    Hanja Edit

    (eum (man))

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    Vietnamese Edit

    Han character Edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: loan, thoăn

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