懇

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See also: 恳
懇 U+61C7, 懇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61C7
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Translingual

Han character

懇 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月女心 (BVP), four-corner 27333, composition ⿱貇心)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 405, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11326
  • Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2358, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+61C7

Chinese

trad. 懇
simp. 恳
alternative forms 𢡆
貇
𧩺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艱 *krɯːn
齦 *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼 *ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝 *ɡrɯːn
限 *ɡrɯːnʔ
硍 *ɡrɯːnʔ
豤 *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪 *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根 *kɯːn
跟 *kɯːn
珢 *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮 *kɯːns
茛 *kɯːns
墾 *kʰɯːnʔ
懇 *kʰɯːnʔ
垠 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕 *ɡɯːn
拫 *ɡɯːn
鞎 *ɡɯːn
很 *ɡɯːnʔ
恨 *ɡɯːns
銀 *ŋrɯn
檭 *ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 懇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 痕 (53)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 康很切
Baxter khonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰənX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰənX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰənX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰənX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kěn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		han2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 懇
Reading # 1/1
No. 3931
Phonetic
component 		艮
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		墾
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰɯːnʔ/
Notes 見通俗文

Definitions

懇

  1. sincere; earnest; cordial
  2. to beg; to request

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

懇

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. earnest, sincere

Readings

Korean

Hanja

懇 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

懇: Hán Nôm readings: khấn

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