筦

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筦 U+7B66, 筦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B66
← 筥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 筧 →

Translingual

Han character

筦 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹十一山 (HJMU), four-corner 88211, composition ⿱𥫗完)

  1. a key
  2. to be in charge
  3. a pipe

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 885, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26057
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1313, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2975, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+7B66

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 筦 – see 管 (“a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 管).

Etymology 2

trad. 筦
simp. # 筦

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 筦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古滿切
Baxter kwanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwanX/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑnX/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gun2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 筦
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwanX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁoʔ/
English tube; flute

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 筦
Reading # 1/1
No. 16111
Phonetic
component 		元
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		管
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋkoːnʔ/
Notes 同管

Definitions

筦

  1. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

筦

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. key
  2. to be in charge
  3. pipe

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)
  • Kun: ふえ (fue)、くだ (kuda)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. administer
  2. flute
  3. a wind instrument
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