寰

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寰 U+5BF0, 寰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF0
← 寯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 寱 →

Translingual

Han character

寰 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十田中女 (JWLV), four-corner 30732, composition ⿱宀睘)

  1. great domain
  2. country
  3. world

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 292, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7344
  • Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 956, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5BF0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 寰
2nd round simp. 环

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (睘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
癏 *kʷraːn
擐 *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
還 *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
環 *ɡʷraːn
鬟 *ɡʷraːn
寰 *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
闤 *ɡʷraːn
糫 *ɡʷraːn
圜 *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
鐶 *ɡʷraːn
轘 *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
澴 *ɡʷraːn
繯 *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
檈 *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
儇 *qʰʷen
翾 *qʰʷen
蠉 *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
嬛 *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
譞 *qʰʷen
懁 *kʷeːns
獧 *kʷeːns
噮 *qʷeːns
彋 *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
睘 *ɡʷeŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • khoân - vernacular;
  • hoân - literary.
    Rime
    Character 寰 寰
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 刪 (70) 先 (86)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division (等) II IV
    Fanqie 戸關切 黃練切
    Baxter hwaen hwenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦˠuan/ /ɦwenH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷᵚan/ /ɦʷenH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuɐn/ /ɣuɛnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwaɨn/ /ɦwɛnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuan/ /ɣuenH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣwan/ /ɣiwenH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ɣwan/ /ɣiwenH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		huán xuàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		waan4 jyun6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 寰 寰
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 16233 16256
    Phonetic
    component         		睘 睘
    Rime
    group         		元 元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		還
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷraːn/ /*ɡʷeːns/
    Notes 見穀樑傳 古文縣字

    Definitions

    寰

    1. Extensive region

    Compounds

    References

    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “寰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    寰

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. world; land

    Readings

    • Go-on: げん (gen)←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)
    • Kan-on: かん (kan)←くわん (kwan, historical)

    Compounds

    References

    Korean

    Hanja

    寰 (eum 환 (hwan))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    寰: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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    References

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