沅

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See also: 源
沅 U+6C85, 沅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C85
← 沄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 沆 →

Translingual

Han character

沅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一一山 (EMMU), four-corner 31111, composition ⿰氵元)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17186
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6C85

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 沅

Etymology 1

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冠 *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞 *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘 *ŋkoːnʔ
筦 *ŋkoːnʔ
梡 *ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏 *ŋoːn
刓 *ŋoːn
园 *ŋoːn
忨 *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏 *ŋoːn
玩 *ŋoːns
貦 *ŋoːns
翫 *ŋoːns
妧 *ŋoːns
完 *ɦŋoːn
捖 *ɦŋoːn
垸 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖 *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥 *ɦŋoːnʔ
浣 *ɦŋoːnʔ
頑 *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆 *ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇 *ɦŋroːnʔ
元 *ŋon
沅 *ŋon
芫 *ŋon
杬 *ŋon
邧 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒 *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋon) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 沅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 愚袁切
Baxter ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuan/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiuɐn/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沅
Reading # 1/1
No. 16146
Phonetic
component 		元
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		元
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋon/

Definitions

沅

  1. (～江) Yuan River in Hunan province
  2. (～州) name of prefecture during the reign of Wu Zetian

Compounds

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 源 (原 → 元).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 沅 – see 源 (“source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead; source; origin; root; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 源).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

沅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ごん (gon)
  • Kan-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
  • Kun: みなもと (minamoto, 沅)

Korean

Hanja

沅 (eum 원 (won))

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