棺

棺 U+68FA, 棺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68FA ← 棹 [U+68F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 棻 → [U+68FB]

Translingual

Han character

棺 (radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十口口 (DJRR), four-corner 4397₇, composition ⿰木官)

References

• KangXi: page 535, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14993
• Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1238, character 9
• Unihan data for U+68FA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		棺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (官) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
官	*koːn
棺	*koːn, *koːns
倌	*koːn, *kroːns
悹	*koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns
涫	*koːn, *koːns
管	*koːnʔ
琯	*koːnʔ, *kuːns
痯	*koːnʔ, *koːns
輨	*koːnʔ
錧	*koːnʔ, *koːns
館	*koːnʔ, *koːns
婠	*koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd
悺	*koːns
逭	*ɡoːns
菅	*kroːn
綰	*qroːnʔ, *qroːns
捾	*qoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān, guàn (guan¹, guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan / koaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: kuan1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kuan4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹
    • Yale: gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan / koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuan / kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafn, kvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/, /kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/, /kuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/, /kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/, /kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/, /kuã⁴⁴/

Note:

• koan - literary;
• koaⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: guan¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuaⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũã³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑn/, /kuɑn^H/

Rime
Character	棺	棺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古丸切	古玩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn/	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan/	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun1	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤa[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːn/, /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	棺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ kwan ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁa[n]/
English	inner coffin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棺	棺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4436	4452
Phonetic component	官	官
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːn/	/*koːns/

Definitions

棺

1. coffin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 棺材 (“coffin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		棺, 木, 棺木
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
Mandarin	Beijing	棺材, 材
	Taiwan	棺材
	Harbin	棺材, 壽材 †
	Muping	棺材, 壽材 †
	Jinan	棺材, 壽材 †
	Luoyang	棺材, 坷漏
	Wanrong	壽木 †
	Xi'an	枋, 棺子, 棺材, 材, 壽材 †
	Yinchuan	棺材, 壽板 †, 壽材 †
	Xining	棺材, 棺木, 壽材 †
	Ürümqi	棺材, 壽材 †
	Wuhan	棺材, 壽木 †
	Chengdu	棺材, 枋子, 壽枋 †, 壽木 †
	Guiyang	木頭, 大木, 材子, 老家 †, 大老家 †, 壽木 †
	Guilin	棺材
	Liuzhou	棺木, 棺材, 四塊半, 壽枋 †, 壽板 †, 長生板 †
	Yangzhou	棺材, 壽材 †
	Nanjing	棺材, 四塊板, 壽材 †
	Hefei	棺材
	Singapore	棺材
	Dagudi (Maliba)	棺材
	Reshuitang (Longling)	棺材
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	棺材, 壽木 †
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	棺材
Cantonese	Guangzhou	棺材, 四塊半, 四塊板, 四方竇, 長生板
	Hong Kong	棺材, 四塊半, 長生板, 壽板
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	棺材, 壽板
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	棺材
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	棺材
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	棺材
	Macau	棺材, 壽板
	Panyu	棺材
	Huadu (Huashan)	棺材
	Conghua	棺材
	Zengcheng	棺材
	Foshan	棺材
	Nanhai (Shatou)	棺材
	Shunde	棺材
	Sanshui	棺材
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	棺材
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	棺材
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	壽木
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	棺材
	Doumen	棺材
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	棺材
	Xinhui	棺材
	Taishan	棺材
	Kaiping (Chikan)	木, 棺材
	Enping (Niujiang)	棺材
	Heshan (Yayao)	棺材
	Dongguan	棺材, 四塊半, 木訥, 壽材 †, 壽方 †
	Bao'an (Shajing)	棺材
	Yangjiang	棺材
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	棺材, 四塊半, 壽板
	Singapore (Guangfu)	棺材
Gan	Nanchang	棺材, 壽材 †
	Lichuan	棺材, 壽木 †, 壽材 †
	Pingxiang	棺材, 長生, 料, 壽樹 †
Hakka	Meixian	棺材, 棺木, 長生板, 壽材
	Xingning	長生
	Dabu (Xihe)	棺材, 壽枋
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	棺材
	Huiyang	棺材, 長生
	Huidong (Daling)	長生, 大屋
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	棺材
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	棺材
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	棺材
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	棺材
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	棺材
	Wuhua (Changbu)	棺材
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	棺材
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	棺材
	Wengyuan	木頭
	Qujiang	木頭
	Liannan	壽棺材
	Conghua (Lütian)	棺材
	Jiexi	長生大屋, 長生板
	Luhe	棺材
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	棺木
	Changting	壽木
	Wuping	木頭
	Wuping (Yanqian)	棺木, 福板
	Wuping (Pingyu)	長生木
	Liancheng	木頭
	Ninghua	壽木, 老屋, 壽具, 蓄樹
	Yudu	棺材, 壽床, 老屋, 壽木 †
	Ningdu	萬年床
	Ruijin	壽櫃
	Shicheng	壽木
	Shangyou	壽木
	Tonggu (Sandu)	壽材
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	壽木
	Dayu	壽木
	Hong Kong	棺材, 壽房
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	棺材
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	長生
	Xinyi (Sihe)	棺材
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	棺材
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	棺材
	Dianbai (Shalang)	棺材
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	棺材
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	長生, 壽板
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	棺材
	Mengshan (Xihe)	壽
	Luchuan	壽木
	Sabah (Longchuan)	棺材
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	棺材, 壽板, 棺木
	Senai (Huiyang)	棺材, 四塊半, 長生板
	Senai (Hepo)	棺材
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	棺樵, 大屋
	Singkawang	棺材
Huizhou	Jixi	棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
Jin	Taiyuan	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽木 †
	Xinzhou	棺材, 壽器 †, 大頭 †
Min Bei	Jian'ou	棺木, 四塊板
Min Dong	Fuzhou	棺材, 棺木, 壽板 †
Min Nan	Xiamen	棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴, 大厝 dated
	Quanzhou	棺柴, 棺, 壽柴
	Zhangzhou	棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴
	Taipei	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Taipei (Wanhua)	棺柴
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	棺柴, 大壽 ‡
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	棺柴, 壽板 ‡
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	棺柴
	Kaohsiung	棺柴, 壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Yilan	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡
	Changhua (Lukang)	棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
	Taichung	棺柴, 棺木 ‡
	Taichung (Wuqi)	棺柴
	Tainan	棺柴, 板仔, 大厝 ‡, 壽板 ‡, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡
	Taitung	棺柴
	Hsinchu	棺柴, 大壽 ‡
	Kinmen	棺柴, 壽板 ‡, 壽枋 ‡, 大厝 ‡, 棺木 ‡
	Penghu (Magong)	棺柴, 壽 ‡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	棺柴
	Chaozhou	棺柴
	Shantou	棺柴
	Chenghai	棺柴
	Jieyang	棺柴, 大厝
	Haifeng	棺柴
	Bangkok (Teochew)	棺柴, 大厝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	大厝, 四個半
	Singapore (Teochew)	棺柴
	Haikou	棺材, 壽板 †
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	棺材
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	棺材, 四塊半, 四合板, 壽木 †, 壽板 †
Wu	Shanghai	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
	Chongming	棺材, 材, 壽材 †
	Suzhou	棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 †
	Danyang	棺材, 壽材 †
	Hangzhou	棺材, 壽材 †
	Ningbo	棺材, 壽材 †
	Wenzhou	棺材, 枋
	Jinhua	棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽屋 †
Xiang	Changsha	棺材, 料, 棺木, 壽枋 †
	Shuangfeng	木, 大料
	Loudi	棺材, 料, 長生 †, 壽器 †
Note	† - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant form

• 壽棺／寿棺
• (Min Nan) 杉板, 薄板仔

Compounds

• 大劈棺
• 封棺
• 懸棺葬／悬棺葬
• 桐棺三寸
• 棺木 (guānmù)
• 棺材 (guāncai)
• 棺材座子
• 棺材本

• 棺材板 (guāncaibǎn)
• 棺材楦子
• 棺材瓤子
• 棺柩 (guānjiù)
• 棺槨／棺椁 (guānguǒ)
• 棺罩 (guānzhào)
• 沒底棺材／没底棺材
• 瓦棺篆鼎

• 石棺 (shíguān)
• 糊假棺
• 老棺材
• 蓋棺事定／盖棺事定
• 蓋棺論定／盖棺论定 (gàiguānlùndìng)
• 進棺材／进棺材
• 金棺

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Japanese

Kanji

棺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. coffin

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: ひつぎ (hitsugi, 棺)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
棺
ひつぎ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 棺 – see the following entry.

【ひつぎ】 [noun] coffin Alternative spellings 棺, 柩

(This term, 棺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
棺
かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) か​ん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

棺(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. coffin; casket

Derived terms

• 棺(かん)を蓋(おお)う (kan o ōu)
• 棺(かん)を蓋(おお)いて事定(ことさだ)まる (kan o ōite koto sadamaru)

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Korean

Hanja

Wikisource

棺 (eumhun 널 관 (neol gwan))

1. Hanja form^? of 관 (“coffin”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

棺: Hán Nôm readings: quan

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