琯

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琯 U+742F, 琯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742F
← 琮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 琰 →

Translingual

Han character

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

  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.
 琯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (官) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
官 *koːn
棺 *koːn, *koːns
倌 *koːn, *kroːns
悹 *koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns
涫 *koːn, *koːns
管 *koːnʔ
琯 *koːnʔ, *kuːns
痯 *koːnʔ, *koːns
輨 *koːnʔ
錧 *koːnʔ, *koːns
館 *koːnʔ, *koːns
婠 *koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd
悺 *koːns
逭 *ɡoːns
菅 *kroːn
綰 *qroːnʔ, *qroːns
捾 *qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːnʔ, *kuːns) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琯 琯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古滿切 古困切
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuɑnX/ /kuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǎn gùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gun2 gwan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琯 琯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4441 4461
Phonetic
component 		官 官
Rime
group 		元 文
Rime
subdivision 		3 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		管 睔
Old
Chinese 		/*koːnʔ/ /*kuːns/
Notes 說文管或體

Definitions

琯

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

琯

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. jade tube used as an instrument

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

琯 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

  1. jade tube used as an instrument
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