奸
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See also: 姦
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Translingual
Han character
奸 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女一十 (VMJ), four-corner 41440, composition ⿰女干)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 255, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6045
- Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1025, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5978
Chinese
| trad. | 奸/姦* | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 奸 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 訐 | *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad |
| 肝 | *kaːn |
| 竿 | *kaːn |
| 干 | *kaːn |
| 奸 | *kaːn |
| 玕 | *kaːn |
| 汗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 迀 | *kaːn |
| 忓 | *kaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 鳱 | *kaːn |
| 邗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn |
| 秆 | *kaːnʔ |
| 矸 | *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns |
| 仠 | *kaːnʔ |
| 皯 | *kaːnʔ |
| 衦 | *kaːnʔ |
| 簳 | *kaːnʔ |
| 擀 | *kaːnʔ |
| 旰 | *kaːns |
| 盰 | *kaːns |
| 幹 | *kaːns |
| 杆 | *kaːns |
| 骭 | *kaːns, *ɡraːns |
| 桿 | *kaːnʔ |
| 趕 | *kaːnʔ |
| 稈 | *kaːnʔ |
| 刊 | *kʰaːn |
| 靬 | *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan |
| 衎 | *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns |
| 犴 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns |
| 豻 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn |
| 頇 | *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd |
| 岸 | *ŋɡaːns |
| 鼾 | *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns |
| 罕 | *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns |
| 焊 | *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns |
| 蔊 | *qʰaːnʔ |
| 虷 | *ɡaːn |
| 旱 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 皔 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 釬 | *ɡaːns |
| 扞 | *ɡaːns |
| 閈 | *ɡaːns |
| 馯 | *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn |
| 捍 | *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 悍 | *ɡaːns |
| 銲 | *ɡaːns |
| 垾 | *ɡaːns |
| 駻 | *ɡaːns |
| 睅 | *ɡʷranʔ |
| 娨 | *ɡraːns |
| 飦 | *kan |
| 赶 | *ɡan, *ɡʷad |
| 軒 | *qʰan |
| 蓒 | *qʰan |
| 酐 | *qʰaːŋʔ |
| 澣 | *ɡʷaːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːn) : semantic 女 + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn).
Etymology 1
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 奸 – see 姦 (“evil; wicked; treacherous; evildoer; treacherous person; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 姦). |
Notes:
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Compounds
- 以售其奸
- 作奸犯科 (zuòjiānfànkē)
- 元惡大奸
- 內奸 (nèijiān)
- 剗惡除奸／刬恶除奸
- 剪惡除奸
- 呆裡撒奸
- 大奸
- 大奸似忠
- 奸人 (jiānrén)
- 奸佞 (jiānnìng)
- 奸俏
- 奸刁
- 奸同鬼蜮
- 奸商 (jiānshāng)
- 奸夫 (jiānfū)
- 奸宄 (jiānguǐ)
- 奸巧
- 奸徒
- 奸慝
- 奸棍
- 奸毒
- 奸民 (jiānmín)
- 奸汙 (jiānwū)
- 奸淫 (jiānyín)
- 奸滑
- 奸狡
- 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
- 奸笑 (jiānxiào)
- 奸細 (jiānxì)
- 奸胥猾吏
- 奸臣 (jiānchén)
- 奸言
- 奸計 (jiānjì)
- 奸詐 (jiānzhà)
- 奸詐不級／奸诈不级
- 奸賊 (jiānzéi)
- 奸邪 (jiānxié)
- 奸長
- 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
- 奸雄 (jiānxióng)
- 奸頑
- 奸騙
- 奸黠
- 奸黨 (jiāndǎng)
- 姑息養奸
- 捉奸捉雙
- 捉奸見床
- 捉奸見雙／捉奸见双
- 揣奸把猾
- 摘奸發伏
- 擒奸摘伏
- 擿奸發伏
- 朋奸
- 朋比作奸
- 朋比為奸 (péngbǐwéijiān)
- 洞察其奸
- 洞燭其奸
- 深奸巨猾
- 漢奸 (hànjiān)
- 犯奸
- 狼狽為奸／狼狈为奸 (lángbèiwéijiān)
- 發奸摘隱／发奸摘隐
- 發奸擿伏
- 祛蠹除奸
- 私心藏奸
- 老奸巨猾
- 耍奸 (shuǎjiān)
- 肆奸植黨
- 藏奸 (cángjiān)
- 行奸賣俏
- 詐奸不及
- 賣俏營奸／卖俏营奸
- 賣俏迎奸
- 賣奸
- 賢奸倒置
- 通奸 (tōngjiān)
- 鋤奸
- 除奸
Etymology 2
Definitions
奸
Compounds
Japanese
Alternative forms
Kanji
奸
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Readings
- Go-on: かん (kan); けん (ken)
- Kan-on: かん (kan)
- Kun: おかす (okasu, 奸す); あし (ashi, 奸し); わるい (warui, 奸い); よこしま (yokoshima, 奸)
Compounds
Compounds
- 奸悪 (kan'aku)
- 奸黠 (kankatsu)
- 漢奸 (kankan)
- 奸譎 (kankitsu)
- 奸曲 (kankyoku)
- 奸計 (kankei)
- 奸譎 (kanketsu)
- 奸詐 (kansa)
- 奸才 (kansai)
- 奸策 (kansaku)
- 奸邪 (kanja)
- 奸商 (kanshō)
- 奸心 (kanshin)
- 奸臣 (kanshin)
- 奸人 (kanjin)
- 奸賊 (kanzoku)
- 奸智 (kanchi), 奸知 (kanchi)
- 奸徒 (kanto)
- 奸盗 (kantō)
- 奸匿 (kantoku), 奸匿 (kanchoku)
- 奸佞 (kannei)
- 奸婦 (kanpu)
- 奸物 (kanbutsu)
- 奸謀 (kanbō)
- 奸雄 (kan'yū)
- 斬奸 (zankan)
- 大奸 (taikan)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 奸 |
| かん Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 奸 (kan).
Pronunciation
Adjective
奸 • (kan) -na (adnominal 奸な (kan na), adverbial 奸に (kan ni))
Inflection
Inflection of 奸
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 奸だろ | かんだろ | kan daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 奸で | かんで | kan de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 奸だ | かんだ | kan da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 奸な | かんな | kan na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 奸なら | かんなら | kan nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 奸であれ | かんであれ | kan de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 奸ではない 奸じゃない |
かんではない かんじゃない |
kan de wa nai kan ja nai |
| Informal past | 奸だった | かんだった | kan datta |
| Informal negative past | 奸ではなかった 奸じゃなかった |
かんではなかった かんじゃなかった |
kan de wa nakatta kan ja nakatta |
| Formal | 奸です | かんです | kan desu |
| Formal negative | 奸ではありません 奸じゃありません |
かんではありません かんじゃありません |
kan de wa arimasen kan ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 奸でした | かんでした | kan deshita |
| Formal negative past | 奸ではありませんでした 奸じゃありませんでした |
かんではありませんでした かんじゃありませんでした |
kan de wa arimasen deshita kan ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 奸で | かんで | kan de |
| Conditional | 奸なら（ば） | かんなら（ば） | kan nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 奸だったら | かんだったら | kan dattara |
| Volitional | 奸だろう | かんだろう | kan darō |
| Adverbial | 奸に | かんに | kan ni |
| Degree | 奸さ | かんさ | kansa |
Noun
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
奸 (eumhun 간사할 간 (gansahal gan))
奸 (eumhun 범할 간 (beomhal gan))
Compounds
Compounds
References
- Naver Hanja Dictionary: 奸
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.