黿
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See also: 鼋
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Translingual
Han character
黿 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+4, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一一山山 (MMUU), four-corner 10716, composition ⿱元黽)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1523, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48261
- Dae Jaweon: page 2059, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4768, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9EFF
Chinese
| trad. | 黿 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 鼋 | |
| alternative forms | 魭／𱇐 𩵶 𠀻 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 冠 | *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns |
| 莞 | *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 脘 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 筦 | *ŋkoːnʔ |
| 梡 | *ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 岏 | *ŋoːn |
| 刓 | *ŋoːn |
| 园 | *ŋoːn |
| 忨 | *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns |
| 蚖 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 黿 | *ŋoːn, *ŋon |
| 抏 | *ŋoːn |
| 玩 | *ŋoːns |
| 貦 | *ŋoːns |
| 翫 | *ŋoːns |
| 妧 | *ŋoːns |
| 完 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 捖 | *ɦŋoːn |
| 垸 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns |
| 綄 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 院 | *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons |
| 皖 | *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 晥 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 浣 | *ɦŋoːnʔ |
| 頑 | *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn |
| 睆 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 鯇 | *ɦŋroːnʔ |
| 元 | *ŋon |
| 沅 | *ŋon |
| 芫 | *ŋon |
| 杬 | *ŋon |
| 邧 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 阮 | *ŋon, *ŋonʔ |
| 俒 | *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon) : phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) + semantic 黽 (“a kind of frog”).
Etymology
Possibly the same word as 元 (OC *ŋon) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for its etymology. It may be related to 鰲 (OC *ŋaːw, “mythological turtle”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gnioe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
- Wade–Giles: yüan2
- Yale: ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
- Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: ngjwon, ngwan
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/, /*ŋon/
Definitions
黿
- Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
- Alternative form of 蚖
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
黿
- green sea turtle
Readings
Korean
Hanja
黿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
- big turtle
Vietnamese
Han character
黿: Hán Việt readings: nguyên (
- chữ Hán form of nguyên (“big sea turtle”).