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Translingual
Han character
宛 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十弓戈山 (JNIU), four-corner 30212, composition ⿱宀夗)
Derived characters
- 倇, 啘, 埦, 婉, 𡸥, 帵, 𢏿, 惋, 捥, 涴, 𤟊, 𨺋, 晼, 椀, 㱧, 焥, 𤗍, 琬, 腕, 畹, 𤾂, 睕, 碗, 𬓅, 𥟶, 䘼, 𥺹, 綩, 䑱, 蜿, 䛷, 豌, 䝹, 踠, 𨉝, 䡝(𰺑), 𣫼, 鋺, 䩊, 䩩, 𩎺, 𩜌, 𬳞, 𩣵(𩧻), 䯛, 𩸩(𬶝), 黦
- 𮨯, 𮭼, 剜, 𡫦, 鵷(鹓), 𡮄, 菀, 箢, 𪂭, 𤷧, 𪋅, 𪂧, 惌, 𢮘, 𭾅, 䗕, 𧯳, 𩈱, 𩸪, 𪂦, 䵫
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 284, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7110
- Dae Jaweon: page 561, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 922, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5B9B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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涴
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*qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ
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埦
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*qoːn
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豌
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*qoːn
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剜
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*qoːn
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眢
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*qoːn, *qon
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蜿
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*qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ
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帵
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*qoːn
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碗
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*qoːnʔ
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椀
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*qoːnʔ
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盌
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*qoːnʔ
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腕
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*qoːns
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惋
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*qoːns
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捥
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*qoːns
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睕
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*qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd
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琬
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*qoːns, *qonʔ
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鴛
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*quːn, *qon
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鵷
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*qon
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惌
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*qon, *qonʔ
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宛
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*qon, *qonʔ
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怨
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*qon, *qons
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葾
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*qon
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夗
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*qonʔ
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婉
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*qonʔ
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菀
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*qonʔ, *qud
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苑
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*qonʔ, *qons
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踠
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*qonʔ
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畹
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*qonʔ, *qons
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倇
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*qonʔ
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晼
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*qonʔ
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黦
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*qod, *qod, *qud
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焥
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*qoːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qon, *qonʔ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 夗 (OC *qonʔ).
His original meaning was perhaps linked to "house"; in ancient times, it was read as "館".
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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宛
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔjwonX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*oʔ/
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English
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curved; to bend
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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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宛
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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16297
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Phonetic component
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夗
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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婉
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Old Chinese
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/*qonʔ/
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Definitions
宛
- as if; seem
- crooked; winding
- a surname
Synonyms
- 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
- 似 (ci5) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 似如 (si4 y2) (Xiang)
- 像 (xiàng)
- 像係 / 像系 (Hakka)
- 像是 (xiàngshì)
- 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
- 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
- 儼若 / 俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
- 勝如 / 胜如 (5sen-zy) (Wu)
- 好似 (hǎosì)
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- 如同 (rútóng)
- 好比 (hǎobǐ)
- 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
- 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
- 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
- 就像 (jiùxiàng)
- 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
- 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
- 恍若 (huǎngruò)
- 敢若 (Hokkien)
- 敢若是 (Hokkien)
- 𣍐輸 / 𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
- 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
- 猶似 / 犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
- 猶像 / 犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
- 猶如 / 犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
- 甲像 (Hokkien)
- 甲像是 (Hokkien)
- 甲親像 / 甲亲像 (Hokkien)
- 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
- 看似 (kànsì)
- 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
- 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
- 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
- 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 若像 (Hokkien)
- 若親像 / 若亲像 (Hokkien)
- 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
- 親像 / 亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 象 (xiàng)
- 貌似 (màosì)
- 賽可 / 赛可 (Ningbonese)
- 較像 / 较像 (Hokkien)
- 較像是 / 较像是 (Hokkien)
- 較親像 / 较亲像 (Hokkien)
- 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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宛
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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16284
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Phonetic component
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夗
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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鴛
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Old Chinese
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/*qon/
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Definitions
宛
- (~縣) (historical) Yuan (a county of ancient China, established in the Qin dynasty)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
宛
- † Alternative form of 蘊 / 蕴 (“to accumulate”)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
宛
- † Alternative form of 鬱 / 郁 (yù, “to be pent-up”)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Definitions
宛
- † Alternative form of 黦 (“yellowish black”)
Etymology 6
For pronunciation and definitions of 宛 – see 豌. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 豌). |
Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
宛
(Jōyō kanji)
- address
- just like
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 宛 (MC 'jwonX).
The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Affix
宛 • (en) ←ゑん (wen)?
- as if; just like
- crooked; winding
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 宛 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 宛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
宛 • (wan, won) (hangeul 완, 원, revised wan, won, McCune–Reischauer wan, wŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
宛: Hán Nôm readings: uyển, uốn
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