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U+742F, 琯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 96, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十口口 (MGJRR), four-corner 13177, composition 𤣩)

  1. a jade tube used as an instrument

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21072
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+742F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *koːnʔ, *kuːns) : semantic (jade) + phonetic (OC *koːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (62) (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie 滿
Baxter kwanX kwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑnX/ /kuonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwanX/ /kwənH/
Li
Rong
/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Wang
Li
/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guǎn gùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gun2 gwan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4441 4461
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːnʔ/ /*kuːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. an ancient wind instrument in the form of a tube made of jade and consisting of six holes

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. jade tube used as an instrument

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)こん (kon)

Korean

Hanja

(gwan) (hangeul , revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

  1. jade tube used as an instrument