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See also:
U+704C, 灌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-704C

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +18 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 水+17 in mainland China and Japanese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 水廿口土 (ETRG), four-corner 34114, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 662, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18759
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1786, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+704C

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːns) : semantic (water) + phonetic (OC *koːns).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • guang3 - Shantou;
  • guêng3 - Chaozhou.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (62)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter kwanH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kuɑnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʷɑnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kuɑnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kwanH/
    Li
    Rong
    /kuɑnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kuɑnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /kuɑnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    guàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gun3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    guàn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kwanH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ˁar-s/
    English pour, drip

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 4478
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*koːns/

    Definitions

    1. to fill (with liquid); to pour
    2. to irrigate; to water
    3. to record (music)
      唱片  ―  guàn chàngpiàn  ―  to make a record
    4. (Taiwan) to install (software)
      軟體软体  ―  zhòngguàn ruǎntǐ  ―  to reinstall software

    Synonyms

    • (to irrigate):

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. to pour

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    (gwan) (hangeul )

    1. pour
    2. water
    3. irrigate, flood

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: quán

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