奐

奐 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月大 (NBK), four-corner 2743₀, composition ⿳⺈⿵冂八大(G) or ⿳⺈𠔿大(HT) or ⿳⺈⿵冂儿大(JK))

1. be numerous
2. brilliant
3. a surname

• 𠗫, 喚, 𪣷, 𡞵, 𡺌, 愌, 換, 渙, 𪲰, 煥, 𤚙, 瑍, 𦝝, 𬓋, 𥈉, 𫃴, 𧎑, 𬧸, 𨩉, 𩝆, 𫙪, 𡚥, 寏, 瘓

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5916
• Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 539, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5950

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷaːns) : abbreviated phonetic 夐 (OC *qʰʷeːns, *qʰʷeŋs) + semantic 廾. The upper part indicates both ancient pronunciation and the concept of "eminent" (it contains an eye and a stick in hand representing authority), while the two hands at the bottom of the character (then stylized as 大) convey the meaning of "numerous, copious, abundant" attested on oracle bones. It was also used to represent 換 (OC *ɢʷaːns, “to change; to swap”).

Alternatively ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“yurt”) + 廾 (“hands”) a pair of hands opening a yurt door to let in sunlight, hence there could be a potential shift of meaning from "brilliant".

A third interpretation by Xun Zaiguo (徐在國) explains that the character indicates "to steal" or "to take objects from other people's houses", i.e., a yurt from which two hands steal/take something. This interpretation could be linked to "numerous", but it is difficult to link to "brilliant".

奐

1. numerous

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “奂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. clear
2. bright

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: とりかえる (torikaeru)、おおきい (ōkī)、さかん (sakan)

奐 • (binnal hwan) (hangeul 빛날 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

1. be numerous, brilliant

奐: Hán Nôm readings: hoán

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