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Translingual
Han character
紈 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火大弓戈 (VFKNI), four-corner 25917, composition ⿰糹丸)
- white silk, fine silk
- gauze
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27247
- Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3366, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7D08
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 骫
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*qʷralʔ
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| 丸
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 紈
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 芄
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 汍
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 肒
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*ɡʷaːns
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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紈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12609
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Phonetic
component
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丸
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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桓
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːn/
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Definitions
紈
- silk
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
紈
(Hyōgai kanji)
- silk
Readings
Korean
Hanja
紈 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)
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