亘

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See also: 亙
亘 U+4E98, 亘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E98
← 亗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亙 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

亘 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一日一 (MAM), four-corner 10106, composition ⿱一旦 or ⿱𣄼一)

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 262
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 17, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+4E98

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 亘
alternative forms 𠄢

Compare Burmese ဝန်း (wan:, “round”) (Hill, 2019).

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亘
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烜 *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆 *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘 *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟 *ɡoːn
絙 *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁 *ɡoːn
宣 *sqʰon
咺 *qʰonʔ
暅 *qʰonʔ
桓 *ɡʷaːn
洹 *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎 *sqʰʷan
愃 *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄 *sqʰʷan
渲 *sqʰʷans
喧 *qʰʷan
萱 *qʰʷan
暄 *qʰʷan
諠 *qʰʷan
翧 *qʰʷan
蝖 *qʰʷan
垣 *ɢʷan
楦 *qʰʷans

Originally 𠄢: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 二 + 囘.

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亘 亘 亘
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huán xuān xuān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwan › ‹ sjwen › ‹ sjwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁar/ /*s-ʷar/ /*swar/ (< *s-ʷar)
English turn around, turn back turn around 阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

亘

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to revolve around
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) whirlpool
  3. alternative form of 宣 (xuān)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 亙 (“to extend all the way; to stretch; continuous; complete; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 亙).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 桓 (“Chinese soapberry; pillar used as a signpost; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 桓).

Japanese

Kanji

亘

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. span
  2. request

Readings

As an alternative form of 亙:

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
亘
わたる
Jinmeiyō
nanori
Alternative spelling
亙 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the verb 亘る (wataru, “to extend over, to spread over”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

亘(わたる) • (Wataru) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
亘
わた(り)
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
亙 (kyūjitai)

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 亘(わた)る (wataru, “to extend over, to spread over”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

亘(わたり) • (Watari) 

  1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

亘 • (seon, hwan) (hangeul 선, 환, revised seon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亘: Hán Việt readings: cắng
亘: Nôm readings: cắng, cứng, hẵng

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References

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