貫

See also: 贯

Contents

TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːn, *koːns): phonetic 毌 ‎(OC *koːn, *koːns) + semantic 貝 – 毌 may also represent string of coins.

Han characterEdit

貫 (radical 154 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田十月山金 (WJBUC), four-corner 7780₆, composition ⿱毌貝)

1. a string of one thousand coins
2. to go through

Derived charactersEdit

• 慣 實

DescendantsEdit

• 贯

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1205, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3628, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8CAB

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ChineseEdit

trad.		貫
simp.		贯

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑn/, /kuɑn^H/▼

Rime
Character	貫	貫
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːn/, /*koːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貫	貫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4465	4466
Phonetic component	毌	毌
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːn/	/*koːns/

DefinitionsEdit

貫

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

貫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pierce
2. 8 1/3 pounds (weight)
3. penetrate
4. brace

ReadingsEdit

• On: かん (kan), わん (wan)
• Kun: つらぬく (tsuranuku), ひく (hiku)

CounterEdit

貫 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji -kan)

1. pieces of sushi

NounEdit

貫 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. an obsolete unit of measure of weight corresponding to 3.75 kilograms
2. an obsolete unit of currency

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

貫 • ‎(gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

貫 (quán, quan, quen)

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