獧
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Translingual
Han character
獧 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大竹田中女 (KHWLV), four-corner 46232, composition ⿰犭睘)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 719, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20724
- Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1372, character 2
- Unihan data for U+7367
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 獧 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷeːns) : semantic 犬 + phonetic 睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ)
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 獧 – see 狷 (“rash; impetuous; impulsive; reserved; overcautious; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 狷). |
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
獧 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
- Wade–Giles: chüan4
- Yale: jywàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
- Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gyun3
- Yale: gyun
- Cantonese Pinyin: gyn3
- Guangdong Romanization: gün3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kyːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: kwenH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːns/
Definitions
獧
- quick
Japanese
Kanji
獧
- honest and straightforward
- rash
Readings
Korean
Hanja
獧 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)