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U+5713, 圓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5713

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 31, +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田口月金 (WRBC), four-corner 60806, composition )

  1. circle

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 220, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4819
  • Dae Jaweon: page 451, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 724, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5713

Chinese

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

especially “yen”
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢon) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɢon, *ɢun).

Etymology

Borrowed from Tocharian B wänt-, Tocharian A wänt- (to envelop, to surround).[1]

Pronunciation


Note: jen1 - “yen” (Hong Kong colloquial borrowing from English yen).
Note:
  • ièng - vernacular (“circle; round”);
  • uòng - literary (“complete; currency”).
Note:
  • ing2 - vernacular;
  • oeng2/yeng2 - literary.
Note:
  • îⁿ - vernacular;
  • oân - literary.
Note:
  • i5 - vernacular;
  • yieng5 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (17) (35)
Final () (78) (80)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zjwen hjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziuᴇn/ /ɦˠiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/zʷiɛn/ /ɦʷᵚiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/zjuæn/ /ɣiuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zwian/ /ɦwian/
Li
Rong
/ziuɛn/ /ɣjuɛn/
Wang
Li
/zĭwɛn/ /ɣĭwɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/zi̯wɛn/ /i̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuán yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyun4 jyun4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwen ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷ<r>en/
English round

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16200
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢon/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (mathematics) circle
  2. circular; round
  3. complete; thorough
  4. tactful
  5. to complete
  6. (numismatics) yuan; dollar; yen; won
    alt. forms: (yuán)
  7. (dialectal Cantonese, Teochew, Singapore Hokkien) glutinous rice ball

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (えん) (en)
  • Korean: 원(圓) (won)

Others:

References

  1. ^ Alexander Lubotsky (1998) “Tocharian Loan Words in Old Chinese: Chariots, Chariot Gear, and Town Building”, in The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age peoples of Eastern Central Asia, pages 379-390

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. round; circle
  2. yen

Readings

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
1
first grade kanji
circle
yen
(This term, , is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 둥글 (dunggeul won))

  1. hanja form? of (circle)
  2. hanja form? of (won)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: viên, vin

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