琬

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琬 U+742C, 琬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742C
← 琫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 琭 →

Translingual

Han character

琬 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十弓山 (MGJNU), four-corner 13112, composition ⿰𤣩宛)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21069
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+742C

Chinese

trad. 琬
simp. # 琬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涴 *qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ
埦 *qoːn
豌 *qoːn
剜 *qoːn
眢 *qoːn, *qon
蜿 *qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ
帵 *qoːn
碗 *qoːnʔ
椀 *qoːnʔ
盌 *qoːnʔ
腕 *qoːns
惋 *qoːns
捥 *qoːns
睕 *qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd
琬 *qoːns, *qonʔ
鴛 *quːn, *qon
鵷 *qon
惌 *qon, *qonʔ
宛 *qon, *qonʔ
怨 *qon, *qons
葾 *qon
夗 *qonʔ
婉 *qonʔ
菀 *qonʔ, *qud
苑 *qonʔ, *qons
踠 *qonʔ
畹 *qonʔ, *qons
倇 *qonʔ
晼 *qonʔ
黦 *qod, *qod, *qud
焥 *qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːns, *qonʔ) : semantic 玉 + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琬 琬
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 於阮切 烏貫切
Baxter 'jwonX 'wanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉɐnX/ /ʔuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷiɐnX/ /ʔʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuɐnX/ /ʔuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔuanX/ /ʔwanH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuɐnX/ /ʔuɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭwɐnX/ /uɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯wɐnX/ /ʔuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuǎn wàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun2 wun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琬 琬
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16279 16296
Phonetic
component 		夗 夗
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		惋 婉
Old
Chinese 		/*qoːns/ /*qonʔ/

Definitions

琬

  1. (literary) rounded jade tablet
  2. jade with soft lustre
  3. fine jade

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

琬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. the virtue of a gentleman
  2. jade

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en); おん (on); わん (wan)

Korean

Hanja

琬 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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