挽
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See also: 輓
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Translingual
Han character
挽 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手弓日山 (QNAU), four-corner 57016, composition ⿰扌免)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12111
- Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1886, character 5
- Unihan data for U+633D
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
挽 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *monʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): waan5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boán / bán
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ue
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
- Wade–Giles: wan3
- Yale: wǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
- Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waan5
- Yale: wáahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan5
- Guangdong Romanization: wan5
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- boán - literary;
- bán - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: mjonX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*monʔ/
Definitions
挽
- to pull
- to pull back; to draw back
- (alt. form 輓／挽) to grieve; to mourn; to lament (a person's death)
- to save (damages, reputation, lost fortune, etc.); to recover; to reverse
- (alt. form 綰／绾) to roll up; to coil
- (Southern Min) to pluck; to pick
Synonyms
- (to pull):
Dialectal synonyms of 拉 (“to pull; to tug”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拉, 挽 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 抻, 扽 |
| Taiwan | 拉 | |
| Singapore | 拉 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 抻, 拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 拉, 抻, 扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扯, 拉 |
| Wuhan | 拉, 扯, 𠡒 | |
| Guilin | 扯 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拽, 扽, 拉 |
| Hefei | 拉, 拽 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉, 掹 |
| Hong Kong | 拉, 掹 | |
| Yangjiang | 掹, 拉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 拉 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扯, 𠡒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 挷 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拔, 揄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 搝, 擢 |
| Quanzhou | 搝, 擢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 搝, 擢 | |
| Taipei | 搝 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 搝 | |
| Kaohsiung | 搝 | |
| Yilan | 搝 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 搝 | |
| Taichung | 搝 | |
| Tainan | 搝, 擢 | |
| Hsinchu | 搝 | |
| Kinmen | 搝 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 搝 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 搝, 擢 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 搝 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 拔 | |
| Chaozhou | 𠡒 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拉 |
| Suzhou | 拉 | |
| Ningbo | 拉, 𠡒 | |
| Wenzhou | 拉, 𢱋, 𠡒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯, 悶 |
| Shuangfeng | 扯 | |
- (to grieve):
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 挽 – see 輓 (“to pull; to draw; to mourn; to lament; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 輓). |
Notes:
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References
- “Entry #6006”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waan2
- Yale: wáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: waan2
- Guangdong Romanization: wan2
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
挽
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of 玩 (waan4-2)
Japanese
| Shinjitai (extended) |
Shinjitai (extended) |
挽󠄀 挽+ 󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 挽󠄂 挽+ 󠄂?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 挽 | 
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