奐

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See also: 奂
奐 U+5950, 奐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5950
← 奏
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 契 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad. 奐
simp. 奂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
渙 *qʰʷaːds, *qʰʷaːns
瘓 *tqʰʷaːnʔ
喚 *qʰʷaːns
煥 *qʰʷaːns
奐 *qʰʷaːns
寏 *ɢʷaːn
換 *ɢʷaːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷaːns) : abbreviated phonetic 夐 (OC *qʰʷeːns, *qʰʷeŋs) + semantic 廾. Alternatively ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“yurt”) + 廾 (“hands”) a pair of hands opening a yurt door to let in sunlight, hence brilliant. Originally used to represent 換 (OC *ɢʷaːns, “to change; to swap”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 奐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 火貫切
Baxter xwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/huɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwanH/
Li
Rong 		/xuɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/xuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 奐
Reading # 1/1
No. 5358
Phonetic
component 		奐
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		喚
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰʷaːns/

Definitions

奐

  1. numerous

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

奐

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. clear
  2. bright

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. be numerous, brilliant

Vietnamese

Han character

奐: Hán Nôm readings: hoán

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