關東

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See also: 关东 and 関東

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	east
trad. (關東)		關	東
simp. (关东)		关	东

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guāndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ dung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guāndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guandong
  - Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-tung¹
  - Yale: Gwān-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guandong
  - Palladius: Гуаньдун (Guanʹdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ dung¹
  - Yale: gwāan dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-tong
  - Tâi-lô: Kuan-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koandofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kwaen tuwng

Rime
Character	關	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古還切	德紅切
Baxter	kwaen	tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuan/	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚan/	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐn/	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨn/	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuan/	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/kwan/	/tuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwan/	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan¹	dung¹

Proper noun

關東

the area to the east of Shanhaiguan
(historical) the area to the east of Hangu Pass
(historical) a nickname for Luoyang (during the Tang Dynasty)
(～地方) Kantō (a region of Japan)
關東大地震／关东大地震 ― guāndōng dà dìzhèn ― Great Kantō earthquake
(～州) Kwantung Leased Territory

Derived terms

關東煮／关东煮 (guāndōngzhǔ)
關東軍／关东军 (Guāndōngjūn)

References

關東／关东 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
關	東
かん Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 關東 – see the following entry.

【関東かんとう】

Short for 関東地方 (Kantō-chihō): A geographical region in eastern Japan that includes the capital city of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures

(historical) the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or later, east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”)

(archaic) the area to the east of 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)

(archaic) the area to the east of 山海関 (Sankai-kan, “Shanhai Pass”)

(historical, colloquial) the shogunate

(This term, 關東, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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