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Translingual
Han character
| Stroke order
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垣 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土一日一 (GMAM), four-corner 41116, composition ⿰土亘)
- low wall
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 228, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5060
- Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 437, character 11
- Unihan data for U+57A3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 烜
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*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
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| 貆
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*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
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| 峘
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*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
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| 狟
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*ɡoːn
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| 絙
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*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
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| 荁
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*ɡoːn
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| 宣
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*sqʰon
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| 咺
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*qʰonʔ
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| 暅
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*qʰonʔ
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| 桓
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*ɡʷaːn
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| 洹
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*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
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| 揎
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*sqʰʷan
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| 愃
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*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
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| 瑄
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*sqʰʷan
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| 渲
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*sqʰʷans
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| 喧
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*qʰʷan
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| 萱
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*qʰʷan
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| 暄
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*qʰʷan
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| 諠
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*qʰʷan
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| 翧
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*qʰʷan
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| 蝖
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*qʰʷan
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| 垣
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*ɢʷan
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| 楦
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*qʰʷans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷan) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 亘 ().
Etymology
Borrowed from Tocharian B wänt-, Tocharian A wänt- (“to envelop, to surround”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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垣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yuán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hjwon ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷar/
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| English
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wall
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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垣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14017
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Phonetic
component
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亘
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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袁
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢʷan/
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Definitions
垣
- wall
- city
- (astronomy) enclosure
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
垣
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
垣 • (kaki)
- fence
See also
References
Vietnamese
Han character
垣: Hán Nôm readings: viên
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