阿干

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿干)		阿	干

Etymology

Borrowed from the Xianbei language; see 哥 (gē) for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āgān

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄍㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āgān
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: agan
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-kan¹
    • Yale: ā-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: agan
    • Palladius: агань (aganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a kan

Rime
Character	阿	干
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏何切	古寒切
Baxter	'a	kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/kɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/kɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/kɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/kan/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/kɑn/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/kɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/kɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	gon1

Noun

阿干

1. (historical) The word for “elder brother” used by the Xianbei people.