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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
完 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十一一山 (JMMU), four-corner 30211, composition ⿱宀元)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 282, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7079
- Dae Jaweon: page 555, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 914, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5B8C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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冠
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*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
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莞
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*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
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脘
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*ŋkoːnʔ
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筦
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*ŋkoːnʔ
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梡
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*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
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岏
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*ŋoːn
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刓
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*ŋoːn
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园
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*ŋoːn
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忨
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*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
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蚖
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*ŋoːn, *ŋon
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黿
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*ŋoːn, *ŋon
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抏
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*ŋoːn
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玩
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*ŋoːns
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貦
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*ŋoːns
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翫
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*ŋoːns
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妧
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*ŋoːns
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完
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*ɦŋoːn
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捖
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*ɦŋoːn
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垸
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
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綄
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
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院
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
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皖
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*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
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晥
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*ɦŋoːnʔ
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浣
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*ɦŋoːnʔ
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頑
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*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
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睆
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*ɦŋroːnʔ
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鯇
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*ɦŋroːnʔ
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元
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*ŋon
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沅
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*ŋon
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芫
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*ŋon
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杬
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*ŋon
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邧
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*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
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阮
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*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
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俒
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*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦŋoːn) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).
Pronunciation
Note: vòn - “whole”.
Note:
- uang5 - Shantou;
- uêng5 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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完
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hwan ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁo/
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English
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finish (v.)
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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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完
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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16125
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Phonetic component
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元
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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桓
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Old Chinese
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/*ɦŋoːn/
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Definitions
完
- whole; complete; intact
- 完好 ― wánhǎo ― intact
城入趙而璧留秦;城不入,臣請完璧歸趙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
城入赵而璧留秦;城不入,臣请完璧归赵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Chéng rù Zhào ér bì liú Qín; chéng bù rù, chén qǐng wán bì guī Zhào.
- If the cities are granted to Zhao, the jade will remain in Qin; if the cities are not granted, allow your servant to return to Zhao with the jade intact.
大人豈見覆巢之下,復有完卵乎? [Literary Chinese, trad.]
大人岂见覆巢之下,复有完卵乎? [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
- Dàrén qǐ jiàn fù cháo zhī xià, fù yǒu wán luǎn hū?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to end; to finish
- 說個沒完/说个没完 ― shuō ge méi wán ― to not stop talking
噉就完咗喇? [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- gam2 zau6 jyun4 zo2 laa4?
- Is that all!? / It's over just like that?
- Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).
- 食完 [Cantonese] ― sik6 jyun4 ― done eating
- 搞完! [Cantonese] ― gaau2 jyun4! ― Done!
你的作業做完了沒有? [MSC, trad.]
你的作业做完了没有? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ de zuòyè zuò wán le méiyǒu?
- Have you finished your homework?
- 我還沒說完呢。/我还没说完呢。 ― Wǒ hái méi shuō wán ne. ― I have not finished talking.
- to run out; to use up
- 信紙用完了/信纸用完了 ― xìnzhǐ yòng wán le ― We are out of writing paper.
- to complete; to finish
- 完工 ― wángōng ― to complete a project
- 完稿 ― wángǎo ― to finish a piece of writing
- (obsolete) firm; stable
- perfect; faultless; flawless
- 完人 ― wánrén ― perfect person
- to fail; to enter a dangerous or hopeless state; to be doomed; done for
- to pay; to pay back
- 完稅/完税 ― wánshuì ― to pay taxes
- (obsolete) abundant; sufficient; plentiful
- (literary) to preserve
- (literary) to build; to repair; to renovate
溥彼韓城,燕師所完。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
溥彼韩城,燕师所完。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Pǔ bǐ Hán chéng, Yān shī suǒ wán.
- Large is the wall of Han,
Built by the multitudes of Yan.
父母使舜完廩,捐階,瞽瞍焚廩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
父母使舜完廪,捐阶,瞽瞍焚廪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Fùmǔ shǐ Shùn wán lǐn, juān jiē, Gǔ Sǒu fén lǐn.
- His parents set Shun to repair a granary, to which, the ladder having been removed, Gu Sou set fire.
- (historical) an ancient light punishment
- a surname
Synonyms
- 了當 / 了当 (liǎodàng)
- 俱備 / 俱备 (jùbèi) (literary)
- 全 (quán)
- 全備 / 全备 (quánbèi)
- 全部 (quánbù) (attributive)
- 加尼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 十足 (shízú)
- 囫圇 / 囫囵 (húlún)
- 囫圇個 / 囫囵个 (húlúngè) (colloquial)
- 妥 (tuǒ)
- 完備 / 完备 (wánbèi)
- 完全 (wánquán)
- 完具 (wánjù) (literary)
- 完整 (wánzhěng)
- 實足 / 实足 (shízú)
- 掃 / 扫 (literary, or in compounds)
- 整 (zhěng)
- 整個 / 整个 (zhěnggè) (attributive)
- 整齊 / 整齐 (zhěngqí)
- 渾然 / 浑然 (húnrán)
- 滿 / 满 (mǎn)
- 齊備 / 齐备 (qíbèi)
- 齊備 / 齐备 (chiâu-pī) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 齊全 / 齐全 (chiâu-chn̂g) (Hokkien)
- 齊全 / 齐全 (qíquán)
- (used after a verb): 盡/尽 (jìn)
- (Cantonese) (used after a verb): 嗮 (sài)
- (Hakka) (used after a verb): 撇
- (Hokkien) (used after a verb): 了
See also
- (Used after a verb): 了 (le)
- (Cantonese) (Used after a verb): 咗 (zo2)
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
完
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 完 (MC hwan).
Pronunciation
Affix
完 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- complete, perfect, infallible, faultless
- to complete, to finish
Noun
完 • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?
- the end; finis (used at the end of a novel, movie, etc.)
Suffix
完 • (-kan) ←くわん (-kwan)?
- completion; conclusion; end
- fully provided
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 完 (MC hwan).
Hanja
Wikisource
完 (eumhun 완전할 완 (wanjeonhal wan))
- hanja form? of 완 (“complete; whole”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 완전 (完全, wanjeon, “complete; whole”)
- 완성 (完成, wanseong, “completion”)
- 완벽 (完璧, wanbyeok, “perfection”)
- 완료 (完了, wallyo, “completion”)
- 완결 (完結, wan'gyeol, “conclusion”)
- 완패 (完敗, wanpae, “defeat”)
- 미완성 (未完成, miwanseong, “incompletion”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
完: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn
- complete (used only as part of a compound)
Compounds