鰥

See also: 鳏

鰥 U+9C25, 鰥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C25 ← 鰤 [U+9C24] CJK Unified Ideographs 鰦 → [U+9C26]

Translingual

Han character

鰥 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田中水 (NFWLE) or 弓火田中火 (NFWLF), four-corner 2633₃, composition ⿰魚眔)

Derived characters

• 𣤿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46382
• Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4706, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9C25

Chinese

trad.		鰥
simp.		鳏
alternative forms		鱞／𬶵 𥉀 𩶊 𩻴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褱	*ɡruːl, *ɡruːl
鰥	*kruːn, *kruːns
嚃	*l̥ʰuːb
眔	*l'uːb
遝	*l'uːb

Etymology

From 寡 (OC *kʷraːʔ, “single; alone”) + *-n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gan¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): guan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): guăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ / guêng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹
    • Yale: gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuan⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
    • Tâi-lô: kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang¹ / guêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang / kueng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³/, /kueŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kue
    • MiniDict: kue^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwean, kweanH

Rime
Character	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (74)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古頑切	古幻切
Baxter	kwean	kweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛn/	/kˠuɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæn/	/kʷᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæn/	/kuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨn/	/kwəɨnH/
Li Rong	/kuɛn/	/kuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kwæn/	/kwænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăn/	/kwănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1	gwaan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/, /*kruːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛn ›	‹ kwɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/	/*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/
English	widower	a kind of fish
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	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1951	1952
Phonetic component	眔	眔
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鰥	鰥
Old Chinese	/*kruːn/	/*kruːns/

Definitions

鰥

1. widower
2. widowed
3. (obsolete) yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)

   Synonym: 鱤／鳡 (gǎn)

Compounds

• 孤寡鰥獨／孤寡鳏独
• 孤鰥／孤鳏
• 恫鰥／恫鳏
• 惸獨鰥寡／惸独鳏寡
• 惸鰥／惸鳏
• 煢鰥／茕鳏
• 老鰥／老鳏
• 虞鰥／虞鳏
• 貧鰥／贫鳏
• 魴鰥／鲂鳏
• 鰥夫／鳏夫 (guānfū)
• 鰥嫠／鳏嫠
• 鰥孤／鳏孤
• 鰥守／鳏守
• 鰥官／鳏官
• 鰥寡／鳏寡 (guānguǎ)
• 鰥寡孤惸／鳏寡孤惸
• 鰥寡孤獨／鳏寡孤独 (guānguǎgūdú)
• 鰥寡惸獨／鳏寡惸独
• 鰥對／鳏对
• 鰥居／鳏居 (guānjū)
• 鰥惸／鳏惸
• 鰥曠／鳏旷
• 鰥棍兒／鳏棍儿
• 鰥民／鳏民
• 鰥男／鳏男
• 鰥窮／鳏穷
• 鰥老／鳏老
• 鰥處／鳏处
• 鰥魚／鳏鱼
• 鰥魚渴鳳／鳏鱼渴凤
• 鰥鰥／鳏鳏

 

Japanese

Kanji

鰥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. widower

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)←くわん (kwan, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: こん (kon)
• Kun: やもお (yamō, 鰥); やもめ (yamome, 鰥); やむ (yamu, 鰥む)

Korean

Hanja

鰥 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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