灣

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See also: 湾
灣 U+7063, 灣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7063
← 灢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 灤 →

Translingual

Stroke order
25 strokes

Han character

灣 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+22, 25 strokes, cangjie input 水女火弓 (EVFN), four-corner 32127, composition ⿰氵彎)

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 664, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18823
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1072, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1798, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+7063

Chinese

trad. 灣
simp. 湾
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠻 *mroːn
矕 *mroːnʔ
變 *prons
鸞 *b·roːn
巒 *b·roːn
灤 *b·roːn
欒 *b·roːn
鑾 *b·roːn
臠 *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉 *b·roːn
䜌 *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓 *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝 *b·roːn
曫 *b·roːn
孿 *smroːns, *smrons
彎 *qroːn
灣 *qroːn
攣 *b·ron
孌 *b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀 *b·rons
㪻 *pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qroːn) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 彎 (OC *qroːn) – a type of water.

Etymology

Cognate with 彎 (OC *qroːn, “bend; curve”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

Note: waan4 - used in some place names.
Note: van3 - used in some place names.
Note: oân - used in some place names (e.g. 臺灣).
Note:
  • uêng1 - Chaozhou;
  • uang1 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 灣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 刪 (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 烏關切
Baxter 'waen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔwaɨn/
Li
Rong 		/ʔuan/
Wang
Li 		/wan/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		waan1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 灣
Reading # 1/1
No. 8627
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		彎
Old
Chinese 		/*qroːn/
Notes 彎分化字

Definitions

灣

  1. (geography) bend in a river
  2. (geography) bay; gulf
  3. (regional, nautical) to berth; to anchor; to moor
  4. a surname

Usage notes

  • In Min Nan, the character 灣 is usually read as oan (e.g. in 海灣／海湾 (hái-oan)). The reading of oân in the context of the toponym 臺灣／台湾 (Tâi-oân, “Taiwan”) is an exception stemming from the historical variant 臺員／台员.

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

湾

Kyūjitai

灣

Kanji

灣

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 湾)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 湾

Readings

  • On (unclassified): わん (wan)
  • Kun: いりこむ (irikomu)

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by Middle Chinese 蠻 (MC maen). The original reading is 완 (wan) based on Middle Chinese 灣 (MC 'waen).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅙᅪᆫ (Yale: qwàn)
Early Modern Korean
Text Final (韻) Reading
Samun Seonghwi, 1751 刪 완 (wan)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

灣 (eumhun 물굽이 만 (mulgubi man))

  1. hanja form? of 만 (“(geography) bay; gulf”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

灣: Hán Nôm readings: loan, loáng, loãng, vịnh

  1. bay, gulf
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