鍰

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See also: 锾
鍰 U+9370, 鍰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9370
← 鍯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鍱 →

Translingual

Han character

鍰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金月一水 (CBME), four-corner 82147, composition ⿰釒爰)

  1. huan, a unit of weight used in ancient China
  2. money
  3. circle, ring

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40648
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4234, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+9370

Chinese

trad. 鍰
simp. 锾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
暖 *noːnʔ
煖 *noːnʔ, *qʰʷan
喛 *qʰʷaːns, *qʰʷan
緩 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鰀 *ɢʷaːnʔ
嵈 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鍰 *ɢʷraːn
湲 *ɢʷan
媛 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
瑗 *ɢʷans
援 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
褑 *ɢʷans
諼 *qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
愋 *qʰʷan
楥 *qʰʷans
爰 *ɢʷan
鶢 *ɢʷan
蝯 *ɢʷan
猨 *ɢʷan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鍰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 刪 (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸關切
Baxter hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwaɨn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuan/
Wang
Li 		/ɣwan/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		waan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鍰
Reading # 1/1
No. 16163
Phonetic
component 		爰
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		還
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷraːn/

Definitions

鍰

  1. (historical) unit of weight equivalent to six liang
    Synonym: 饌 / 馔
  2. metal coins; money

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鍰 – see 寰 (“circle, ring”).
(This character is an ancient form of 环, which is in turn the second-round simplified form of 寰).

Japanese

Kanji

鍰

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. measure
  2. money
  3. coins

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)、げん (gen)、えん (en)
  • Kun: めかた (mekata)

Korean

Hanja

鍰 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

  1. hwan, a unit of weight used in ancient China
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