宦

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宦 U+5BA6, 宦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BA6
← 宥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宧 →

Translingual

Han character

宦 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十尸中中 (JSLL), four-corner 30717, composition ⿱宀臣)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 285, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7138
  • Dae Jaweon: page 563, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 924, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5BA6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 宦

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 臣 (“servant”) – slave; servant.

Etymology

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ཁོལ་པོ (khol po, “servant”), Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huang6 - Shantou;
  • huêng6 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 刪 (70)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 胡慣切
    Baxter hwaenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦˠuanH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷᵚanH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuɐnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwaɨnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuanH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣwanH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣwanH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		huàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		waan6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		huàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hwænH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*m-kʷˁ<r>a-s/
    English servant

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5361
    Phonetic
    component         		宦
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		患
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷraːns/

    Definitions

    宦

    1. to hold public office
    2. government official
    3. eunuch
    4. a surname

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    宦

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: げん (gen)
    • Kan-on: かん (kan)
    • Kun: つかえる (tsukaeru, 宦える)、まなぶ (manabu)

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 宦 (MC hwaenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 환〯 (hwǎn) (Yale: hwan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    宦 (eumhun 벼슬 환 (byeoseul hwan))

    1. hanja form? of 환 (“eunuch”)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    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

    宦: Hán Nôm readings: hoạn

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