洹

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洹 U+6D39, 洹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D39
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 洺 →

Translingual

Han character

洹 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水一日一 (EMAM), four-corner 31116, composition ⿰氵亘)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17421
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6D39

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 洹
alternative forms 𣵨
𣷻
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洹
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
烜 *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆 *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘 *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟 *ɡoːn
絙 *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁 *ɡoːn
宣 *sqʰon
咺 *qʰonʔ
暅 *qʰonʔ
桓 *ɡʷaːn
洹 *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎 *sqʰʷan
愃 *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄 *sqʰʷan
渲 *sqʰʷans
喧 *qʰʷan
萱 *qʰʷan
暄 *qʰʷan
諠 *qʰʷan
翧 *qʰʷan
蝖 *qʰʷan
垣 *ɢʷan
楦 *qʰʷans

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 洹 洹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 雨元切 胡官切
Baxter hjwon hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦʉɐn/ /ɦuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷiɐn/ /ɦʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuɐn/ /ɣuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuan/ /ɦwan/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuɐn/ /ɣuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwɐn/ /ɣuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wɐn/ /ɣuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuán huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4 wun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 洹 洹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14005 14018
Phonetic
component 		亘 亘
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		桓 袁
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷaːn/ /*ɢʷan/

Definitions

洹

  1. (～水, ～河) Huan River in Henan province
    Synonym: 安陽河／安阳河
  2. (literary) Used in 洹洹 (“magnificent appearance of flowing water”).
  3. (Buddhism) Used in 須陀洹／须陀洹 (Sotāpanna).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

洹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

洹 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

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