還
See also: 还
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
還 (radical 162, 辵+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜田中女 (YWLV), four-corner 36303, composition ⿺辶睘)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1266, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39174
- Dae Jaweon: page 1764, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3888, character 2
- Unihan data for U+9084
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 還 | |
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| simp. | 还* | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 還 | |||
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| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (睘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ) – to go back; to return.
EtymologyEdit
- “to return”
- From Austroasiatic; compare Khmer រង្វាន់ (rŭəngvŏən, “reward; award; bonus”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably related to 環 (OC *ɡʷraːn, “ring; to encircle”) (ibid.).
(This etymology is missing. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is the Mandarin reading of hai2 the result of repurposing an existing character? It doesn't seem to be related to non-Mandarin readings and the Old/Middle Chinese data.”)
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
還
- to return to a place; to go back to a place
- to return an object; to give back
- to do or give something in return
- A surname.
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 還
Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
還
- still; yet; indicates that the phenomenon or observation still exists or the action is still ongoing
- even more; indicates an increase from a certain level or a supplement
- (before adjectives, mostly positive) passably; (surprisingly) quite
- (often in rhetorical questions) indicates condition and contrast, interchangeable with 都; even
- indicates unexpectedness; really
- indicates past events; emphasising earliness
SynonymsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 還
Pronunciation 3Edit
DefinitionsEdit
還
- † Alternative form of 旋 (xuán, “to rotate; to turn around”).
- † nimble; agile
- † immediately
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
還
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: げん (gen); ぜん (zen)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō); せん (sen)
- Kan’yō-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kun: かえる (kaeru, 還る); また (mata, 還); めぐる (meguru)
EtymologyEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 還 |
| かん Grade: S |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 還 (MC ɦˠuan).
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
- to return
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
還 • (hwan, seon) (hangeul 환, 선)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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