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Translingual
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Han character
愿 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一火心 (MFP), four-corner 71339, composition ⿸原心(G) or ⿱原心(HTJKV))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 397, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11030
- Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2333, character 10
- Unihan data for U+613F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 羱
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*ŋʷaːn, *ŋʷan
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| 豲
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*ɦŋʷaːn
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| 謜
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*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *ŋʷan
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| 縓
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*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *sŋ̊ʰʷans
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| 原
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*ŋʷan
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| 源
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*ŋʷan
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| 厵
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*ŋʷan
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| 嫄
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*ŋʷan
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| 騵
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*ŋʷan
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| 榞
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*ŋʷan
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| 獂
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*ŋʷan
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| 蒝
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*ŋʷan
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| 願
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*ŋʷans
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| 傆
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*ŋʷans
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| 愿
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*ŋʷans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷans) : phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 愿 – see 願 (“to desire; to want: to wish; desire; wish; ambition; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 願). |
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愿
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16198
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Phonetic
component
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原
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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願
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋʷans/
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Definitions
愿
- (literary) honest and prudent
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
愿
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
愿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
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