玩

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

玩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土一一山 (MGMMU), four-corner 1111₁, composition ⿰𤣩元)

Derived characters

• 𠶃, 𬕎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 728, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1103, character 4
• Unihan data for U+73A9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋoːns) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) – ancient toys made of jade.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

玩

1. to play with; to toy with

   玩積木／玩积木  ―  wán jīmù  ―  to play with building blocks

2. to play; to engage in sports or recreational activities

   玩遊戲／玩游戏 [Cantonese]  ―  waan² jau⁴ hei³   ―  to play games

   玩音樂／玩音乐 [Cantonese]  ―  waan² jam¹ ngok⁶   ―  to play music; to perform music

   大家都已經玩到唔玩 [Cantonese, trad.]
   大家都已经玩到唔玩 [Cantonese, simp.]

   daai⁶ gaa¹ dou¹ ji⁵ ging¹ waan² dou³ m⁴ waan²

   everyone's already played it so much that they don't even want to anymore

3. to dabble in

   玩音響／玩音响 [Cantonese]  ―  waan² jam¹ hoeng²   ―  to be an audiophile

4. to play; to hang out; to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially (e.g. with friends); to go out

   同朋友玩 [Cantonese]  ―  tung⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵ waan²   ―  to spend time with friends

   去北京玩 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi³ bak¹ ging¹ waan²   ―  to travel to Beijing (for a visit)

5. to tease; to trifle with

   佢玩緊你咋嘛，唔好理佢啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢玩紧你咋嘛，唔好理佢啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ waan² gan² nei⁵ zaa¹ maa³, m⁴ hou² lei⁵ keoi⁵ laa¹.

   He's just teasing you; ignore him.

Synonyms

• (to play):

Descendants

• Wutunhua: wan

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

玩

1. ^† to hold and fondle; to play with; to toy with; to dally with
2. ^† to enjoy; to appreciate
3. ^† toy; plaything; object for appreciation
4. ^† to trifle with; to treat without seriousness or respect
5. ^† to savour; to deliberate

Compounds

References

• “玩”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to play with; to toy with

Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kun: もてあそぶ (moteasobu, 玩ぶ)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 玩 (MC ngwanH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

玩

Wikisource

玩 (eumhun 즐길 완 (jeulgil wan))

1. Hanja form^? of 완 (“play”).

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

玩: Hán Nôm readings: ngoạn

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