灌

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See also: 潅
灌 U+704C, 灌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-704C
← 灋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 灍 →

Translingual

Han character

灌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+18 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 水+17 in mainland China and Japanese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 水廿口土 (ETRG), four-corner 34114, composition ⿰氵雚)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 662, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18759
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1786, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+704C

Chinese

trad. 灌
simp. # 灌
2nd round simp. 浂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觀 *koːn, *koːns
灌 *koːns
鸛 *koːns
瓘 *koːns
矔 *koːns, *kroːns
懽 *koːns, *qʰoːn
爟 *koːns
雚 *koːns
罐 *koːns
鑵 *koːns
歡 *qʰoːn
驩 *qʰoːn
貛 *qʰoːn
酄 *qʰoːn
獾 *qʰoːn
讙 *qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾 *qʰoːns
權 *ɡron
顴 *ɡron
孉 *ɡron
蠸 *ɡron
虇 *kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸 *kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːns) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • guang3 - Shantou;
  • guêng3 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 灌
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 桓 (62)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 古玩切
    Baxter kwanH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kuɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʷɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kuɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kwanH/
    Li
    Rong         		/kuɑnH/
    Wang
    Li         		/kuɑnH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kuɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		guàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gun3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 灌
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		guàn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kwanH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁar-s/
    English pour, drip

    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 灌
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4478
    Phonetic
    component         		雚
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		貫
    Old
    Chinese         		/*koːns/

    Definitions

    灌

    1. to fill (with liquid); to pour
    2. to irrigate; to water
    3. to record (music)
      灌唱片  ―  guàn chàngpiàn  ―  to make a record
    4. (Taiwan) to install (software)

    Synonyms

    • (to irrigate):

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    		潅

    Kyūjitai

    		灌

    Kanji

    灌

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 潅)

    1. to pour

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    灌 • (gwan) (hangeul 관)

    1. pour
    2. water
    3. irrigate, flood

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    灌: Hán Nôm readings: quán

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