See also:
U+7230, 爰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7230

[U+722F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7231]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 87, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一大水 (BMKE), four-corner 20447, composition )

  1. to lead on to
  2. therefore, consequently
  3. a surname

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19672
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2032, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7230

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (hand, claw) + (hand) – the middle component has taken various forms.

Etymology edit

Contraction of 于時 (OC *ɢʷa djɯ) or 于是 (OC *ɢʷa djeʔ) (Smith, 2012).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuan/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷa[n]/
English there, then, thereupon

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16176
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷan/

Definitions edit

  1. therefore, consequently
  2. A sentence-initial particle

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lead on to
  2. therefore
  3. then

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(won) (hangeul , revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

  1. lead on to
  2. therefore
  3. then

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: viên, vươn

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