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Translingual
Han character
圜 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田田中女 (WWLV), four-corner 60732, composition ⿴囗睘)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 221, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4851
- Dae Jaweon: page 453, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 726, character 16
- Unihan data for U+571C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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癏
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*kʷraːn
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擐
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*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
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還
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*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
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環
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*ɡʷraːn
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鬟
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*ɡʷraːn
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寰
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
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闤
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*ɡʷraːn
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糫
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*ɡʷraːn
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圜
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
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鐶
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*ɡʷraːn
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轘
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
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澴
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*ɡʷraːn
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繯
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*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
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檈
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*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
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儇
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*qʰʷen
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翾
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*qʰʷen
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蠉
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*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
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嬛
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*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
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譞
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*qʰʷen
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懁
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*kʷeːns
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獧
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*kʷeːns
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噮
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*qʷeːns
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彋
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*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
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睘
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*ɡʷeŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen) : semantic 囗 (“circle”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note: won1 - "Korean won", directly from
Korean 원 (won).
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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圜
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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16236
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Phonetic component
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睘
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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還
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷraːn/
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Definitions
圜
- (literary) to revolve around
明堂中有一殿,四面無壁,以茅蓋,通水,水圜宮垣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
明堂中有一殿,四面无壁,以茅盖,通水,水圜宫垣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Míngtáng zhōng yǒu yī diàn, sìmiàn wú bì, yǐ máo gài, tōng shuǐ, shuǐ huán gōngyuán.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
冠帶縉紳之人,圜橋門而觀聽者蓋億萬計。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
冠带缙绅之人,圜桥门而观听者盖亿万计。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Guàndài jìnshēn zhī rén, huán qiáomén ér guāntīng zhě gài yìwàn jì.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (numismatics) South Korean hwan (in circulation from February 15, 1953 to June 9, 1962)
- (numismatics) won (currency of North or South Korea)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Same word as 圓 (OC /*ɢʷ<r>en/) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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圜
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yuán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hjwen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ɢʷ<r>en/
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English
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round
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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圜
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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16252
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Phonetic component
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睘
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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貟
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷen/
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Definitions
圜
- (literary) Alternative form of 圓/圆 (yuán)
- (literary) heaven; celestial realm
- (obsolete) prison
- (obsolete) currency
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “圜”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.
Japanese
Kanji
圜
(Hyōgai kanji)
- round
- go around
Readings
Korean
Hanja
圜 • (won, hwan) (hangeul 원, 환, revised won, hwan, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, hwan)
- circle, surround
- encircle
- (numismatics) South Korean hwan
Vietnamese
Han character
圜: Hán Nôm readings: viên
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