愿

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See also: 願
愿 U+613F, 愿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-613F
← 愾
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 慀 →

Translingual

Stroke order
14 strokes

Han character

愿 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一火心 (MFP), four-corner 71339, composition ⿸原心(G) or ⿱原心(HTJKV))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 397, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11030
  • Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2333, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+613F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 愿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (原) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
羱 *ŋʷaːn, *ŋʷan
豲 *ɦŋʷaːn
謜 *sŋ̊ʰʷan, *ŋʷan
縓 *sŋ̊ʰʷan, *sŋ̊ʰʷans
原 *ŋʷan
源 *ŋʷan
厵 *ŋʷan
嫄 *ŋʷan
騵 *ŋʷan
榞 *ŋʷan
獂 *ŋʷan
蒝 *ŋʷan
願 *ŋʷans
傆 *ŋʷans
愿 *ŋʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷans) : phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 愿 – see 願 (“to desire; to want: to wish; desire; wish; ambition; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 願).
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad. 愿
simp. # 愿
alternative forms 𠪰

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 愿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 魚怨切
Baxter ngjwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋʉɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋʷiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiuɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋuanH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiuɐnH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭwɐnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯wɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 愿
Reading # 1/1
No. 16198
Phonetic
component 		原
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		願
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷans/

Definitions

愿

  1. (literary) honest and prudent

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

愿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): げん (gen)
  • Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu)
  • Nanori: すなお (sunao)、よし (yoshi)

Korean

Hanja

愿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

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