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See also:
U+978D, 鞍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-978D

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 177, +6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十十女 (TJJV), four-corner 43544, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1387, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42815
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4335, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+978D

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːn) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic (leather) + (secure).

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • oaⁿ - vernacular;
  • an - literary.

BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ān
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔan ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁa/
English

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qaːn/
Notes

Definitions

  1. saddle

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Tai: *ʔaːnᴬ

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: あん (an)
  • Kan-on: あん (an)
  • Kun: くら (kura, )

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

(くら) (kura

  1. saddle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese .

Affix

(あん) (an

  1. saddle

Korean

Hanja

(eum (an))

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yên, an

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