衣冠

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Chinese

gown; clothes; to dress
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
 
to head; hat; crown
to head; hat; crown; crest; cap
 
simp. and trad.
(衣冠) 		衣 冠

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 衣 冠
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 微 (20) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 於希切 古丸切
Baxter 'j+j kwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨi/ /kuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔɨi/ /kʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiəi/ /kuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨj/ /kwan/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiəi/ /kuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/ĭəi/ /kuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔe̯i/ /kuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yī guān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji1 gun1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 衣 冠
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yī guān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjɨj › ‹ kwan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔ(r)əj/ /*ˁor/
English clothes cap (n.)

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 衣 冠
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 14837 16107
Phonetic
component 		衣 元
Rime
group 		微 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		依 官
Old
Chinese 		/*qɯl/ /*kŋoːn/

Noun

衣冠

  1. (Classical, literally) hat and clothes
  2. (by extension) dress; attire
  3. (Classical, by extension) the gentry
Synonyms
  • (dress):
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (衣冠):
  • → Japanese: 衣(い)冠(かん) (ikan)
  • → Korean: 의관(衣冠) (uigwan)

Adjective

衣冠

  1. having the appearance of a gentlemen; refined; sophisticated
    衣冠禽獸／衣冠禽兽  ―  yīguānqínshòu  ―  gentleman in appearance but a beast in conduct

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Verb

衣冠

  1. (Classical) to wear clothing

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣 冠
い
Grade: 4 		かん
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi
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Pronunciation

Noun

衣(い)冠(かん) • (ikan) ←いくわん (ikwan)?

  1. (historical, clothing) regular court dress, originally for night-attendance

Elements of Ikan

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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