爰

爰 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一大水 (BMKE), four-corner 2044₇, composition ⿳爫一友)

1. to lead on to
2. therefore, consequently
3. a surname

• 𠋠, 喛, 𫮊, 媛, 嵈, 㣪, 愋, 援, 湲, 猨, 𫕉, 𭤿, 暖, 䐘, 楥, 煖, 瑗, 禐, 𤲫, 䁔, 𥔛, 褑, 𭶵, 緩(缓), 𦑛, 𦖵, 𦩮, 蝯, 諼(谖), 𧳭, 𬥢, 𫏖, 𫏺, 𮠹, 𫣰, 鍰(锾), 𩋫, 𩏅, 𦅻, 鰀, 𦇻, 𬋫, 𬁆, 𦫦, 𧡩, 𩔃, 鶢, 萲, 䈠
• 㬊 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form contains ⿳爫土夂 instead)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2032, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7230

Historical forms of the character 爰
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 爫 (“hand, claw”) + 又 (“hand”) – the middle component has taken various forms.

Contraction of 于時 (OC *ɢʷa djɯ) or 于是 (OC *ɢʷa djeʔ) (Smith, 2012).

爰

1. ^† therefore, consequently

   • 爰采麥矣、沬之北矣。云誰之思、美孟弋矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爰采麦矣、沬之北矣。云谁之思、美孟弋矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuán cǎi mài yǐ, Mèi zhī běi yǐ. Yún shéi zhī sī, měi mèng Yì yǐ.

     I am going to gather the wheat, In the north of Mei. But of whom are my thoughts? Of that beauty, the eldest of the Yi.

2. ^† A sentence-initial particle

   • 爰有大物，非絲非帛，文理成章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爰有大物，非丝非帛，文理成章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Yuán yǒu dà wù, fēi sī fēi bó, wén lǐ chéng zhāng.

     There exists this tremendous entity, made of neither silk nor other fabrics, yet structures and order manifest in its pattern and texture.

• “爰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lead on to
2. therefore
3. then

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 爰に)

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

1. lead on to
2. therefore
3. then

爰: Hán Nôm readings: viên, vươn

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