碗
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碗
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Translingual
Han character
碗 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十弓山 (MRJNU), four-corner 13612, composition ⿰石宛)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 832, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24306
- Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7897
Chinese
| trad. | 碗 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 碗 | |
| alternative forms | 盌 㼝 椀 埦 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 涴 | *qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ |
| 埦 | *qoːn |
| 豌 | *qoːn |
| 剜 | *qoːn |
| 眢 | *qoːn, *qon |
| 蜿 | *qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ |
| 帵 | *qoːn |
| 碗 | *qoːnʔ |
| 椀 | *qoːnʔ |
| 盌 | *qoːnʔ |
| 腕 | *qoːns |
| 惋 | *qoːns |
| 捥 | *qoːns |
| 睕 | *qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd |
| 琬 | *qoːns, *qonʔ |
| 鴛 | *quːn, *qon |
| 鵷 | *qon |
| 惌 | *qon, *qonʔ |
| 宛 | *qon, *qonʔ |
| 怨 | *qon, *qons |
| 葾 | *qon |
| 夗 | *qonʔ |
| 婉 | *qonʔ |
| 菀 | *qonʔ, *qud |
| 苑 | *qonʔ, *qons |
| 踠 | *qonʔ |
| 畹 | *qonʔ, *qons |
| 倇 | *qonʔ |
| 晼 | *qonʔ |
| 黦 | *qod, *qod, *qud |
| 焥 | *qoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːnʔ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).
Etymology
From 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”) + -n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wan3
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ван (van, II)
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): uon3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): van2
- Northern Min (KCR): uǐng
- Eastern Min (BUC): uāng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5uoe
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): onn3
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): uen3
- 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, erhua-ed) (碗兒／碗儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnr
- Wade–Giles: wan3-ʼrh
- Yale: wǎnr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woal
- Palladius: ваньр (vanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɑɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wan3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uan
- Sinological IPA (key): /uan⁵³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ван (van, II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /væ̃⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wun2
- Yale: wún
- Cantonese Pinyin: wun2
- Guangdong Romanization: wun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: von2
- Sinological IPA (key): /vᵘɔn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: uon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /uɵn²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón
- Hakka Romanization System: vonˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: von3
- Sinological IPA: /von³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: vonˊ
- Sinological IPA: /von²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: van2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uǐng
- Sinological IPA (key): /uiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /uaŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- óaⁿ - vernacular;
- oán - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: uan2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ũã⁵²/
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: onn3
- Sinological IPA (key): /õ⁴¹/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: uen3
- Sinological IPA (key): /u̯ɛn³³/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: 'wanX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qoːnʔ/
Definitions
碗
- bowl (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c h; 塊／块 mn)
- 洗碗 ― xǐwǎn ― to wash the dishes
- bowl-like object
- Classifier for the quantity of a bowl: bowlful
Synonyms
Descendants
Others:
- → Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban)
- → Jingpho: wan
- → Lü: ᦛᦱᧃᧈ (v̇aan¹)
- → Tai Nüa: ᥝᥣᥢᥱ (wǎan)
- → Zhuang: vanj
- Wutunhua: wan
Compounds
- 七碗茶
- 丟飯碗／丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
- 五牲看碗
- 供碗
- 大盤大碗／大盘大碗
- 大碗公
- 打破飯碗／打破饭碗
- 打碗頭／打碗头
- 折碗
- 找飯碗／找饭碗
- 搶飯碗／抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
- 泥飯碗／泥饭碗
- 洗碗機／洗碗机 (xǐwǎnjī)
- 海碗 (hǎiwǎn)
- 烘碗機／烘碗机
- 瓷碗 (cíwǎn)
- 瓷飯碗／瓷饭碗
- 白定碗
- 砸飯碗／砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)
- 碗公 (wǎngōng)
- 碗子
- 碗櫥／碗橱 (wǎnchú)
- 碗盤／碗盘 (wǎnpán)
- 碗碗腔
- 碗碟 (wǎndié)
- 碗筷 (wǎnkuài)
- 碗粿 (wǎnguǒ)
- 碗糕 (wǎngāo)
- 碗脫／碗脱
- 碗足兒／碗足儿
- 箸長碗短／箸长碗短
- 紙飯碗／纸饭碗
- 舔碗邊／舔碗边
- 茶碗 (cháwǎn)
- 蓋碗／盖碗 (gàiwǎn)
- 金飯碗／金饭碗
- 鍋碗瓢盆／锅碗瓢盆 (guōwǎnpiáopén)
- 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)
- 電碗／电碗
- 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn)
Japanese
Alternative forms
- (honorific) お碗 (o-wan)
Kanji
碗
Readings
Compounds
- 茶碗 (chawan)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 碗 |
| わん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 椀 盂 (rare) |
From Middle Chinese 碗 (MC 'wanX).
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
- 碗 (with the stone radical 石) is preferred for porcelain bowls and the like, while 椀 (with the wood radical 木) is preferred for wood bowls.
References
Korean
Hanja
Vietnamese
Han character
碗: Hán Nôm readings: oản[1], uyển[1]