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Translingual
Han character
灌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+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 ⿰氵雚)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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觀
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*koːn, *koːns
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灌
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*koːns
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鸛
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*koːns
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瓘
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*koːns
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矔
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*koːns, *kroːns
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懽
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*koːns, *qʰoːn
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爟
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*koːns
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雚
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*koːns
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罐
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*koːns
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鑵
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*koːns
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歡
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*qʰoːn
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驩
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*qʰoːn
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貛
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*qʰoːn
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酄
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*qʰoːn
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獾
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*qʰoːn
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讙
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*qʰoːn, *qʰon
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嚾
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*qʰoːns
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權
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*ɡron
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顴
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*ɡron
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孉
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*ɡron
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蠸
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*ɡron
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虇
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*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
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勸
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*kʰons
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *koːns) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).
Pronunciation
Note:
- guang3 - Shantou;
- guêng3 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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灌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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guàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwanH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁar-s/
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English
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pour, drip
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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灌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4478
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Phonetic component
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雚
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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貫
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Old Chinese
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/*koːns/
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Definitions
灌
- to fill (with liquid); to pour
- to irrigate; to water
- to record (music)
- 灌唱片 ― guàn chàngpiàn ― to make a record
- (Taiwan) to install (software)
- 重灌軟體/重灌软体 ― zhòngguàn ruǎntǐ ― to reinstall software
Synonyms
- 浸灌 (jìnguàn)
- 澆灌/浇灌 (jiāoguàn)
- 灌溉 (guàngài)
Compounds
References
- “灌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 351.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “灌”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 81.
Japanese
Kanji
灌
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 潅)
- to pour
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
灌 • (gwan) (hangeul 관)
- pour
- water
- irrigate, flood
Vietnamese
Han character
灌: Hán Nôm readings: quán
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