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Translingual
Han character
轅 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十十土口女 (JJGRV), four-corner 54032, composition ⿰車袁)
- axle
- magistrate's office
- used as a surname
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1247, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38483
- Dae Jaweon: page 1725, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3548, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8F45
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 薳
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*ɢʷalʔ
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| 袁
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*ɢʷan
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| 園
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*ɢʷan
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| 轅
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*ɢʷan
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| 猿
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*ɢʷan
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| 榬
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*ɢʷan
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| 溒
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*ɢʷan
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| 遠
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*ɢʷanʔ, *ɢʷans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷan) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 袁 (OC *ɢʷan).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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轅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yuán
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hjwon ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʷa/
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| English
|
carriage-pole
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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轅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16222
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Phonetic
component
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袁
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Rime
group
|
元
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
袁
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷan/
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Definitions
轅
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
轅
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- shaft
Readings
Korean
Hanja
轅 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
- axle
- magistrate's office
Vietnamese
Han character
轅: Hán Nôm readings: viên
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