邯鄲

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See also: 邯郸

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (邯鄲) 邯 鄲
simp. (邯郸) 邯 郸
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 邯 鄲
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 寒 (61) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡安切 都寒切
Baxter han tan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦɑn/ /tɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦɑn/ /tɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɑn/ /tɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦan/ /tan/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɑn/ /tɑn/
Wang
Li 		/ɣɑn/ /tɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣɑn/ /tɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hán dān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hon4 daan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 邯 鄲
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hán dān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ han › ‹ tan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁa/ /*tˁa/
English 邯鄲 han.tan (placename) 邯鄲 han.tan place name

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 邯 鄲
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 3669 1996
Phonetic
component 		甘 單
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		寒 單
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡaːm/ /*taːn/

Proper noun

邯鄲

  1. (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
  2. (～市) Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)
  3. (～縣) (historical) Handan (a former county of Handan, Hebei, China, succeeded by Congtai and Hanshan Districts)
  4. a surname

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (邯鄲):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
邯 鄲
かん
Hyōgaiji 		たん
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

邯鄲(カンタン) or 邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (kantan) 

  1. tree cricket, Oecanthus longicauda

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Proper noun

邯(かん)鄲(たん) • (Kantan) 

  1. (historical) Handan (capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period, in present-day Handan City)
  2. Handan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)

Derived terms

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