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U+634D, 捍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-634D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 64, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手日一十 (QAMJ), four-corner 56041, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12143
  • Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1881, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+634D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

ancient
Hokkien

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ): semantic (hand) + phonetic (OC *ɡaːnʔ).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hān/hán - literary;
  • hōaⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • hang2 - literary;
  • huan7 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (33)
Final () (69) (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter haenX hanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠanX/ /ɦɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚanX/ /ɦɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɐnX/ /ɣɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨnX/ /ɦanH/
Li
Rong
/ɣanX/ /ɣɑnH/
Wang
Li
/ɣanX/ /ɣɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣanX/ /ɣɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn hàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haan6 hon6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hanH ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-kˁa-s/
English ward off; protect, guard

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3625 3634
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːns/ /*ɡraːnʔ/

Definitions

  1. to defend; to guard; to protect
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to resist
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) firm; solid
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) leather oversleeve
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (hàn)
  6. (Hokkien, Teochew) to hold; to grasp; to lay the hand on steadily
      ―  hōaⁿ-me̍h   ―  to feel the pulse
  7. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) to drive (a vehicle); to pilot (a ship, plane, etc.)
      ―  hōaⁿ-chhia   ―  to drive a land vehicle
      ―  hōaⁿ chûn   ―  to drive a ship
  8. (Hokkien) to manage; to preside over; to be in charge of
      ―  hōaⁿ-ke   ―  to manage a household
      ―  hōaⁿ siàu   ―  to manage accounts
      ―  hōaⁿ-tiáⁿ   ―  to be in charge of cooking
  9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) handrail; armrest; parapet

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: がん (gan)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)
  • Kun: ふせぐ (fusegu, 捍ぐ)
  • Nanori: まもる (mamoru)

Korean

Hanja

(han) (hangeul , revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: cản, hãn

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