願

Translingual

Stroke order

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Han character

願 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一火一月金 (MFMBC), four-corner 7128₆, composition ⿰原頁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43623
• Dae Jaweon: page 1925, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4385, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9858

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 願
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷans) : phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan) + semantic 頁.

Pronunciation

Definitions

願

1. to desire; to want: to wish

   願大家平安健康。 [MSC, trad.]
   愿大家平安健康。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuàn dàjiā píng'ān jiànkāng.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 軻也請無問其詳，願聞其指。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     轲也请无问其详，愿闻其指。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kē yě qǐng wú wèn qí xiáng, yuàn wén qí zhǐ.

     I will not venture to ask about the particulars, but I should like to hear the scope of your plan.

   • 臣密今年四十有四，祖母劉今年九十有六；是以臣盡節於陛下之日長，報劉之日短也。烏鳥私情，願乞終養！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣密今年四十有四，祖母刘今年九十有六；是以臣尽节于陛下之日长，报刘之日短也。乌鸟私情，愿乞终养！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《陳情表》, 268 CE, translated by David Knechtges

     Chén Mì jīnnián sìshí yǒu sì, zǔmǔ Liú jīnnián jiǔshí yǒu liù; shìyǐ chén jìn jié yú bìxià zhī rì cháng, bào Liú zhī rì duǎn yě. Wū niǎo sīqíng, yuàn qǐ zhōngyǎng!

     I am now in my forty-fourth year, and Grandmother Liu is now ninety-six. Thus, I have a long time in which to fulfill my duty to Your Majesty, and only a short time in which to repay Grandmother Liu for raising me. I am like the crow that feeds its mother, and I beg to be allowed to care for her to her final days.

2. desire; wish; ambition
3. (religion, Buddhism) vow
4. to be willing; to be ready; to do willingly
5. (Hakka) addiction

   上願／上愿 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  song¹ ngian⁴ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to get addicted

Synonyms

• (to wish):

• (desire):

• (to be willing):

Compounds

Descendants

References

• “願”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. request, wish
2. prayer

Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: がん (gan, Jōyō)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kun: ねがう (negau, 願う, Jōyō)^{←ねがふ (negafu, 願ふ, historical)}; ねがい (negai, 願)^{←ねがひ (negafi, 願, historical)}

Usage notes

The honorific form is the well known word for "please", お願い (onegai).

Compounds

Etymology

/ɡʉan/ → /ɡʷaɴ/ → /ɡaɴ/

From Middle Chinese 願 (MC ngjwonH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) が​ん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Affix

願(がん) • (gan) ^{←ぐわん (gwan)?}

1. desire; wish
2. pray

Noun

願(がん) • (gan) ^{←ぐわん (gwan)?}

1. a prayer

Derived terms

References

Korean

Hanja

願 (eumhun 원할 원 (wonhal won))

1. Hanja form^? of 원 (“desire, want”).
2. Hanja form^? of 원 (“wish”).
3. Hanja form^? of 원 (“ambition”).

Compounds

• 원망 (願望, wonmang, “wish”)

Vietnamese

Han character

願: Hán Nôm readings: nguyện, nguyền

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