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Translingual
Han character
爰 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一大水 (BMKE), four-corner 20447, composition ⿳爫一友)
- to lead on to
- therefore, consequently
- a surname
Derived characters
- 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)
References
- 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 暖
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*noːnʔ
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| 煖
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*noːnʔ, *qʰʷan
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| 喛
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*qʰʷaːns, *qʰʷan
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| 緩
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*ɢʷaːnʔ
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| 鰀
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*ɢʷaːnʔ
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| 嵈
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*ɢʷaːnʔ
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| 鍰
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*ɢʷraːn
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| 湲
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*ɢʷan
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| 媛
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*ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
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| 瑗
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*ɢʷans
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| 援
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*ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
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| 褑
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*ɢʷans
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| 諼
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*qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
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| 愋
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*qʰʷan
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| 楥
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*qʰʷans
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| 爰
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*ɢʷan
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| 鶢
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*ɢʷan
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| 蝯
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*ɢʷan
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| 猨
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*ɢʷan
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 爫 (“hand, claw”) + 又 (“hand”) – the middle component has taken various forms.
Etymology
Contraction of 于時 (OC *ɢʷa djɯ) or 于是 (OC *ɢʷa djeʔ) (Smith, 2012).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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爰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yuán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hjwon ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷa/
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| English
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there, then, thereupon
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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爰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16176
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Phonetic
component
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爰
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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袁
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷan/
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Definitions
爰
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) therefore, consequently
爰采麥矣、沬之北矣。云誰之思、美孟弋矣。
爰采麦矣、沬之北矣。云谁之思、美孟弋矣。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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.
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A sentence-initial particle
爰有大物，非絲非帛，文理成章。
爰有大物，非丝非帛，文理成章。 - From: Xunzi, c. 3rd 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.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
爰
(Hyōgai kanji)
- lead on to
- therefore
- then
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 爰 – see the following entry.
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| 【ここ】
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- (deictically) here; this place, area, or part (near the speaker) (Can be juxtaposed with a phrase with で (de) or に (ni).)
- (deictically) this organization or team (near or associated with the speaker) (Can be juxtaposed with a phrase with で (de) or に (ni).)
- (anaphorically) here; this place, area, or part I am talking about
- (anaphorically) this organization or team I am talking about
Alternative spellings此処, 此所, 是, 茲
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| (This term, 爰, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
爰 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
- lead on to
- therefore
- then
Vietnamese
Han character
爰: Hán Nôm readings: viên, vươn
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