貆

貆 U+8C86, 貆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C86 ← 貅 [U+8C85] CJK Unified Ideographs 貇 → [U+8C87]

Translingual

Han character

貆 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹一日一 (BHMAM), four-corner 1121₆, composition ⿰豸亘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36543
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8C86

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huán, huān (huan², huan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huán
    • Wade–Giles: huan²
    • Yale: hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huan
    • Wade–Giles: huan¹
    • Yale: hwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwon, hwan, xwan

Rime
Character	貆	貆	貆
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	況袁切	胡官切	呼官切
Baxter	xjwon	hwan	xwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉɐn/	/ɦuɑn/	/huɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɐn/	/ɦʷɑn/	/hʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɐn/	/ɣuɑn/	/xuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huan/	/ɦwan/	/hwan/
Li Rong	/xiuɐn/	/ɣuɑn/	/xuɑn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɐn/	/ɣuɑn/	/xuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wɐn/	/ɣuɑn/	/xuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān	huán	huān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1	wun4	fun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːn/, /*ɡoːn/, /*qʰon/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huán
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwon ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰar/
English	badger (n.)
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	貆	貆	貆
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3948	3949	3955
Phonetic component	亘	亘	亘
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	歡	桓	暄
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːn/	/*ɡoːn/	/*qʰon/

Definitions

貆

1. ^† Alternative form of 獾 (huān)
2. ^† young raccoon dog
3. ^† porcupine

Japanese

Kanji

貆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); がん (gan); けん (ken)
• Kun: むじな (mujina)