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U+72B4, 犴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72B4

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一十 (KHMJ), four-corner 41440, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 706, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20250
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1119, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1332, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+72B4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns) : semantic (dog) + phonetic (OC *kaːn).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𤞿
𤟉
𤝪
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “are "dog" and "prison" related? Jiyun suggests that the "prison" sense derives from "dog" (which guard the prison). Connection could also arise from 狴犴? Schuessler derives this word from 圄/圉.”

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (61) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter ngan nganH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋan/ /ŋanH/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋɑn/ /ŋɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
án àn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngon4 ngon6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3599 3603
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːn/ /*ŋaːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. a kind of wild dog from northern China
  2. jail; prison
  3. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𤞶

From Manchu ᡴᠠᠨᡩᠠᡥᠠᠨ (kandahan).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Northeastern Mandarin) moose
    Synonym: 駝鹿 / 驼鹿 (tuólù)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)がん (gan)

Korean

Hanja

(an) (hangeul , revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

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