冤

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See also: 寃
冤 U+51A4, 冤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A4
← 冣
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冥 →

冤 U+2F818, 冤
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F818
← 冗
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 仌 →

Translingual

Han character

冤 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓日戈 (BNAI) or 月弓山戈 (BNUI), four-corner 37413, composition ⿱冖兔)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 293, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 305, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+51A4

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冤
alternative forms 寃
𡨚
𠕤
𡨘
惌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冤
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (冤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冤 *qon
蒬 *qon

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 冖 (“cover”) + 兔 (“rabbit”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • oan - literary (to argue);
  • un - vernacular (limited, e.g. 冤屈).
Note:
  • uêng1 - Chaozhou;
  • uang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang.
Rime
Character 冤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於袁切
Baxter 'jwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔuan/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuɐn/
Wang
Li 		/ĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 冤
Reading # 1/1
No. 16094
Phonetic
component 		冤
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		鴛
Old
Chinese 		/*qon/
Notes 後或作寃

Definitions

冤

  1. to wrong; to treat unjustly
  2. not cost-effective
  3. (literary, or in compounds) grievance; unjust
  4. (literary, or in compounds) enmity; hatred
  5. (Cantonese) to pester; to bother; to annoy
  6. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 㾓 (jyun1, “sore; achy and tired”)
  7. (Southern Min) to argue; to quarrel

Synonyms

  • (grievance): 委屈 (wěiqu)
  • (enmity):
  • (to pester): 纏／缠 (chán)
  • (to argue):
Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴
Mandarin Beijing 吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子
Taiwan 吵架
Tianjin 犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑
Langfang 吵架
Tangshan 吵吵
Cangzhou 打架
Baoding 吵架
Shijiazhuang 吵架
Daming 吵架
Harbin 吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰
Yantai (Muping) 打嘴仗, 打仗
Qingdao 打仗
Jinan 吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架
Luoyang 嚷架兒
Wanrong 吵架
Xi'an 吵嘴, 吵架, 吵
Yinchuan 吵嘴
Lanzhou 吵仗, 嚷仗
Xining 吵架, 吵嘴
Ürümqi 嚷仗, 吵架
Wuhan 吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵
Chengdu 吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗
Chongqing 吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧
Guiyang 吵架, 鬧起來
Kunming 嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴
Guilin 吵架
Liuzhou 吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架
Xuzhou 磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴
Yangzhou 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死
Nanjing 吵窩子
Hefei 吵嘴
Nantong 罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴
Malaysia 吵架
Singapore 吵架
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵
Hong Kong 嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 嗌交
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 吵鬧
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鬧交
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嘈交
Macau 爭交
Guangzhou (Panyu) 嗌交
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鬧交
Guangzhou (Conghua) 嗌交
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嘈, 怒交
Foshan 嗌交
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嗌交
Foshan (Shunde) 爭交
Foshan (Sanshui) 吵插
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 爭吵, 嗌交
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 爭交
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 爭交
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鬧交
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鬧交
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鬧交
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鬧交
Taishan 鬧交
Kaiping (Chikan) 鬧交
Enping (Niujiang) 鬧交
Heshan (Yayao) 嘈
Dongguan 鬧交, 嘈交
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鬧交
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 嘈交
Yangjiang 打交
Nanning 爭交, 嗌交
Wuzhou 爭交, 嗌交
Yulin 爭交
Hepu (Lianzhou) 爭交
Danzhou 鬧會
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡
Singapore (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 嗌交
Gan Nanchang 罵相罵, 埂仗
Lichuan 相罵, 埂, 吵
Pingxiang 鬥鬧
Hakka Meixian 相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏
Xingning 嘈交哩, 嘈交
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 詏
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 詏
Huidong (Daling) 嘈交
Dongguan (Qingxi) 嘈交
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 爭嘴
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鬧交
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 嘈交, 罵交
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 罵交
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 嘈嘴哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 嘈交哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 嘈相罵
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嘈交
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 嘈嘴
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 嘈交仔
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 爭
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 嘈口, 嘈交
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 嘈交
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 講口
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 講口
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 嘈嘴
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 講口
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嘈交, 相聲
Liannan 嘈交
Conghua (Lütian) 罵交
Jiexi 相詏
Changting 講口, 鬥舌
Wuping 嘈交子, 相罵
Wuping (Pingyu) 嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴
Liancheng 講口, 鬥舌
Ninghua 講口
Yudu 講口
Ruijin 講口
Shicheng 講口
Shangyou (Shexi) 講口
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
Hong Kong 嘈交
Luchuan 爭交
Luchuan (Daqiao) 吵嘴
Sabah (Longchuan) 嘈交
Senai (Huiyang) 嘈交
Kuching (Hepo) 相罵
Singkawang 相嘈
Huizhou Jixi 吵, 吵死
Shexian 吵死
Jin Taiyuan 吵, 嚷, 吵架
Xinzhou 嚷架, 嚷
Zhangjiakou 嚷架
Handan 吵架
Northern Min Jian'ou 相罵
Jian'ou (Dikou) 罵架
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 相罵
Pucheng (Shibei) 相爭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 冤家, 相罵
Changle 相爭
Fuqing 冤家, 相罵
Yongtai 相罵
Gutian 相爭
Ningde 相喊
Shouning 咬齧
Zhouning 咬齧
Fuding 猴咬
Southern Min Xiamen 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
Xiamen (Tong'an) 冤家
Quanzhou 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
Jinjiang 冤家, 冤
Zhangzhou 冤家, 冤
Zhao'an 相罵, 冤家, 交拚
Taipei 相罵, 冤家
New Taipei (Sanxia) 相罵, 冤家
Kaohsiung 相罵, 冤家
Yilan 相罵, 冤家
Changhua (Lukang) 相罵, 冤家, 相嚷
Taichung 相罵, 冤家
Taichung (Wuqi) 冤家
Tainan 相罵, 冤家
Taitung 冤家
Hsinchu 相嚷, 相罵
Kinmen 相罵
Penghu (Magong) 相罵
Penang (Hokkien) 相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭
Singapore (Hokkien) 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍
Manila (Hokkien) 冤家, 相諍, 冤
Zhangping (Yongfu) 相罵
Pingnan (Shangdu) 爭交
Chaozhou 相罵, 冤家
Shantou 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
Shantou (Chenghai) 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
Shantou (Chaoyang) 相詏
Jieyang 相罵, 冤家
Haifeng 相罵, 冤家
Bangkok (Teochew) 相罵, 相詏
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 相罵
Singapore (Teochew) 相罵, 冤家
Leizhou 相爭
Wenchang 相罵, 相爭
Haikou 相爭
Singapore (Hainanese) 相罵
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 罵交
Sanxiang 罵交
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 爭交, 爭架, 鬥口
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鬧交子
Wu Shanghai 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 吵相罵, 淘氣
Suzhou 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵
Wuxi 吵相罵, 相罵
Danyang 吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍
Hangzhou 鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒
Shaoxing 討相罵, 悖逆
Ningbo 造孽, 造
Wenzhou 亂起, 相亂, 爭起
Jinhua 相罵, 相爭, 接熱
Jinhua (Tangxi) 相爭
Xiang Changsha 吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋
Xiangtan 扯皮
Loudi 𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架
Shuangfeng 𪘬筋, 扯皮
Quanzhou 爭吵

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “not cost-effective”):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

冤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. false charge
  2. hatred

Readings

Noun

冤(えん) • (en) 

  1. false charge

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冤 (MC 'jwon). Recorded as Middle Korean 寃/원 (wen) (Yale: wen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

冤 (eumhun 원통할 원 (wontonghal won))

  1. Hanja form? of 원 (“grievance; injustice; wrong”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

冤: Hán Nôm readings: oan

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