案

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案 U+6848, 案
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Translingual

Character 案
Stroke order

Han character

案 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十女木 (JVD), four-corner 30904, composition ⿱安木)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 525, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14762
  • Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1207, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6848

Chinese

trad. 案
simp. # 案
alternative forms 桉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (安) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
安 *qaːn
鞍 *qaːn
鞌 *qaːn
侒 *qaːn
按 *qaːns
案 *qaːns
洝 *qaːns
荌 *qaːns
晏 *qaːns, *qraːns
鴳 *qraːns
騴 *qraːns
鷃 *qraːns
頞 *qaːd
胺 *qaːd
咹 *qaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːns) : semantic 木 + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • àn - literary;
  • òaⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • uan3 - vernacular;
  • ang3 - literary.
Rime
Character 案
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏旰切
Baxter 'anH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔanH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/ɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		àn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		on3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 案
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		àn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔanH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔˁa-s/
English stool; tray

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 案
Reading # 1/1
No. 16
Phonetic
component 		安
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		按
Old
Chinese 		/*qaːns/

Definitions

案

  1. long table; counter
  2. long board that serves as a table or counter
  3. (law) case (legal matter, proceeding or lawsuit)
  4. event; incident; occurrence
  5. record; file
  6. plan submitted for consideration; proposal
  7. wooden plate used to serve food in ancient times
    舉案齊眉／举案齐眉  ―  jǔ'ànqíméi  ―  literally, "to raise the tray to eyebrow level (as a sign of respect)"
  8. (dated) alternative form of 按 (àn, “to check against something; to make comments; to write notes”)

Synonyms

  • (long table): 案子 (ànzi)
  • (case):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (案):
  • → Japanese: 案(あん) (an)
  • → Korean: 안(案) (an)
  • → Vietnamese: án (案)

Japanese

Kanji

案

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
案
あん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 案 (MC 'anH).

Pronunciation

Noun

案(あん) • (an) 

  1. (literary) desk; table
  2. idea; suggestion; opinion; thought
  3. plan; proposal; bill
  4. legal case
  5. expectation; anticipation
  6. rough draft

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
案
つくえ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 案 – see the following entry.
【つくえつくゑ】
desk; table
Alternative spelling
机
(This term, 案, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

案 (eumhun 책상 안 (chaeksang an))

  1. Hanja form? of 안 (“(literal) desk; table”).
  2. Hanja form? of 안 (“idea; suggestion; opinion; thought”).
  3. Hanja form? of 안 (“plan; proposal; bill”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

案: Hán Nôm readings: án

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