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Translingual
Han character
莞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿十一山 (TJMU) or 難廿十一山 (XTJMU), four-corner 44211, composition ⿱艹完)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31063
- Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 5
- Unihan data for U+839E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 冠
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*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
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| 莞
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*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
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| 脘
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*ŋkoːnʔ
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| 筦
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*ŋkoːnʔ
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| 梡
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*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
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| 岏
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*ŋoːn
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| 刓
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*ŋoːn
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| 园
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*ŋoːn
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| 忨
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*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
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| 蚖
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*ŋoːn, *ŋon
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| 黿
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*ŋoːn, *ŋon
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| 抏
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*ŋoːn
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| 玩
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*ŋoːns
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| 貦
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*ŋoːns
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| 翫
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*ŋoːns
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| 妧
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*ŋoːns
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| 完
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*ɦŋoːn
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| 捖
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*ɦŋoːn
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| 垸
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
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| 綄
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
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| 院
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*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
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| 皖
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*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
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| 晥
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*ɦŋoːnʔ
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| 浣
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*ɦŋoːnʔ
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| 頑
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*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
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| 睆
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*ɦŋroːnʔ
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| 鯇
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*ɦŋroːnʔ
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| 元
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*ŋon
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| 沅
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*ŋon
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| 芫
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*ŋon
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| 杬
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*ŋon
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| 邧
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*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
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| 阮
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*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
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| 俒
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*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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莞
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莞
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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| No.
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16108
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16127
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Phonetic
component
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元
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元
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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官
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桓
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Old
Chinese
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/*kŋoːn/
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/*ɦŋoːn/
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Definitions
莞
- † a type of long-stem watergrass, possibly the softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) or Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
- † mat woven using this kind of grass
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Note:
- guêng2 - Chaozhou;
- guang2 - Shantou.
Definitions
莞
- Used in 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn, “Dongguan”); also used as its short form.
Compounds
- 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn)
- 莞城 (Guǎnchéng)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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莞
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| Reading #
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3/3
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| No.
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16140
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Phonetic
component
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元
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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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睆
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɦŋroːnʔ/
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Definitions
莞
- † smiling
Compounds
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
莞
- † Alternative form of 脘 (wǎn, “gastric cavity”)
Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 莞 – see 豌.
(This character is a variant form of 豌). |
Japanese
Kanji
莞
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
莞 • (gwan, wan) (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
莞: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn
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