驩

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See also: 歡
驩 U+9A69, 驩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A69
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 驪 →

Translingual

Han character

驩 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+18, 28 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿口土 (SFTRG), four-corner 74314, composition ⿰馬雚)

  1. happy, pleased, glad
  2. joy
  3. to enjoy

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1447, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45086
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4584, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9A69

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觀 *koːn, *koːns
灌 *koːns
鸛 *koːns
瓘 *koːns
矔 *koːns, *kroːns
懽 *koːns, *qʰoːn
爟 *koːns
雚 *koːns
罐 *koːns
鑵 *koːns
歡 *qʰoːn
驩 *qʰoːn
貛 *qʰoːn
酄 *qʰoːn
獾 *qʰoːn
讙 *qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾 *qʰoːns
權 *ɡron
顴 *ɡron
孉 *ɡron
蠸 *ɡron
虇 *kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸 *kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰoːn) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 驩 – see 歡 (“happy; pleased; glad; joyous; friendly; amicable; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 歡).

Etymology 2

trad. 驩
simp. 𬴐

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 驩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼官切
Baxter xwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/huɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwan/
Li
Rong 		/xuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/xuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fun1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 驩 驩
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huān huān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwan › ‹ xwan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷʰˁar/ /*qʷʰˁar/
English rejoice; joyous 驩潛 Khwārazm (region in Central Asia, W. Hàn)

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 驩
Reading # 1/1
No. 4488
Phonetic
component 		雚
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		歡
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰoːn/

Definitions

驩

  1. a kind of horse
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

驩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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