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Translingual
Han character
歡 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿土弓人 (TGNO), four-corner 47282, composition ⿰雚欠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16242
- Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2153, character 17
- Unihan data for U+6B61
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 觀
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*koːn, *koːns
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| 灌
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*koːns
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| 鸛
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*koːns
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| 瓘
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*koːns
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| 矔
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*koːns, *kroːns
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| 懽
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*koːns, *qʰoːn
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| 爟
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*koːns
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| 雚
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*koːns
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| 罐
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*koːns
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| 鑵
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*koːns
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| 歡
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*qʰoːn
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| 驩
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*qʰoːn
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| 貛
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*qʰoːn
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| 酄
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*qʰoːn
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| 獾
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*qʰoːn
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| 讙
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*qʰoːn, *qʰon
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| 嚾
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*qʰoːns
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| 權
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*ɡron
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| 顴
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*ɡron
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| 孉
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*ɡron
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| 蠸
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*ɡron
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| 虇
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*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
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| 勸
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*kʰons
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰoːn) : phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 欠.
Pronunciation
Note:
- hoaⁿ - vernacular;
- hoan - literary.
Note:
- huan1 - vernacular;
- huang1/huêng1 - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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歡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xwan ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷʰˁar/
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| English
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rejoice; joyous
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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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歡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4487
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Phonetic
component
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雚
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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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歡
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰoːn/
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Definitions
歡
- happy; pleased; glad; joyous
- 歡唱／欢唱 ― huānchàng ― to sing merrily
- 歡樂／欢乐 ― huānyuè ― happy; joyous
- (literary) friendly; amicable
- (literary) liking; friendly feelings
- lover; beloved; sweetheart
- 新歡／新欢 ― xīnhuān ― new lover
- (dialectal) lively; energetic
- 火燒得很歡。／火烧得很欢。 ― Huǒ shāo de hěn huān. ― The fire is burning cheerfully.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
歡
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歓)
- Kyūjitai form of 歓 (joy, delight)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
歡 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
歡: Hán Nôm readings: hoan, hoen
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