貫

See also: 贯

貫 U+8CAB, 貫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CAB ← 貪 [U+8CAA] CJK Unified Ideographs 責 → [U+8CAC]

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

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

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (毌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
毌	*koːn, *koːns
貫	*koːn, *koːns
樌	*koːns
鏆	*koːns
遦	*koːns
慣	*kroːns
摜	*kroːns
瑻	*kuːn
謴	*kuːns

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
• Min Nan (POJ): kǹg / kùiⁿ / koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǹg
    • Tâi-lô: kǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngx
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/

Note:

• kǹg/kùiⁿ - vernacular;
• koàn - literary.

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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

1. a string of one thousand coins
2. to go through
3. one's native place

ReferencesEdit

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7914”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 貫

• 一仍舊貫／一仍旧贯 (yīréng-jiùguàn)
• 一以貫之／一以贯之
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一貫作業／一贯作业
• 一貫原理／一贯原理
• 一貫道／一贯道
• 全神貫注／全神贯注 (quánshénguànzhù)
• 博貫／博贯
• 同條共貫／同条共贯
• 名貫／名贯
• 如雷貫耳／如雷贯耳 (rú léi guàn ěr)
• 學貫天人／学贯天人
• 家貲萬貫／家赀万贯
• 徙貫／徙贯
• 心貫白日／心贯白日
• 忠心貫日／忠心贯日
• 忠貫白日／忠贯白日
• 惡稔貫盈／恶稔贯盈
• 惡貫滿盈／恶贯满盈
• 惡貫禍盈／恶贯祸盈
• 才貫二酉／才贯二酉
• 本貫／本贯
• 條貫／条贯
• 業貫盈／业贯盈
• 橫貫／横贯 (héngguàn)
• 橫貫公路／横贯公路
• 氣貫長虹／气贯长虹
• 洞貫／洞贯
• 流貫／流贯
• 淹貫／淹贯
• 清貫／清贯
• 滿貫／满贯
• 白虹貫日／白虹贯日
• 盈貫／盈贯
• 祖貫／祖贯

• 穿楊貫蝨／穿杨贯虱
• 籍貫／籍贯 (jíguàn)
• 籠貫箱張／笼贯箱张
• 粟紅貫朽／粟红贯朽
• 粟陳貫朽／粟陈贯朽
• 精誠貫日／精诚贯日
• 精貫白日／精贯白日
• 紅腐貫朽／红腐贯朽
• 縱橫交貫／纵横交贯
• 縱貫／纵贯 (zòngguàn)
• 縱貫線／纵贯线
• 罪惡貫盈／罪恶贯盈 (zuì'è guànyíng)
• 羈貫／羁贯
• 聯貫／联贯 (liánguàn)
• 脈絡貫通／脉络贯通
• 腰纏萬貫／腰缠万贯
• 舊貫／旧贯
• 萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn)
• 萬貫家私／万贯家私
• 萬貫家財／万贯家财
• 融會貫通／融会贯通 (rónghuìguàntōng)
• 講貫／讲贯
• 豁然貫通／豁然贯通
• 豐城貫斗／丰城贯斗
• 貫串／贯串 (guànchuàn)
• 貫伯／贯伯
• 貫匈國／贯匈国
• 貫寨／贯寨
• 貫弓／贯弓
• 貫徹／贯彻 (guànchè)
• 貫徹始終／贯彻始终
• 貫手著棼／贯手著棼
• 貫日／贯日
• 貫日月／贯日月

• 貫朽／贯朽
• 貫朽粟紅／贯朽粟红
• 貫朽粟腐／贯朽粟腐
• 貫朽粟陳／贯朽粟陈
• 貫氣／贯气
• 貫注／贯注 (guànzhù)
• 貫珠／贯珠
• 貫盈／贯盈 (guànyíng)
• 貫穿／贯穿 (guànchuān)
• 貫穿今古／贯穿今古
• 貫穿馳騁／贯穿驰骋
• 貫索／贯索
• 貫習／贯习
• 貫耳／贯耳
• 貫蝨／贯虱
• 貫蝨之技／贯虱之技
• 貫行／贯行
• 貫覽／贯览
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 貫革／贯革
• 貫頤奮戟／贯颐奋戟
• 貫魚／贯鱼
• 貫魚之次／贯鱼之次
• 貫魚承寵／贯鱼承宠
• 轟雷貫耳／轰雷贯耳
• 連貫／连贯 (liánguàn)
• 鄉貫／乡贯 (xiāngguàn)
• 首尾一貫／首尾一贯
• 首尾貫通／首尾贯通
• 魚貫／鱼贯
• 魚貫而入／鱼贯而入
• 魚貫而出／鱼贯而出
• 魚貫而行／鱼贯而行
• 魚貫而進／鱼贯而进

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

貫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pierce
2. approximately 3.75 kg (8 1/3 pounds) (weight)
3. penetrate
4. brace

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• On: わん (wan)
• Kun: つらぬく (tsuranuku, 貫く, Jōyō); ぬき (nuki, 貫); ぬく (nuku, 貫く); ひく (hiku, 貫く)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); つらぬき (tsuranuki); とおる (tōru); ぬき (nuki); やす (yasu)

CounterEdit

貫 (hiragana かん, rōmaji -kan)

1. pieces of sushi

NounEdit

貫 (hiragana かん, rōmaji 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 (quan, quán, quen)

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