券

See also: 劵

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 劵

Han character

券 (radical 18 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸竹 (FQSH), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱𠔉刀)

1. certificate, ticket
2. title deeds

Related characters

• 拳

See also

• 勝

References

• KangXi: page 139, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1966
• Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 332, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5238

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		券

Alternative forms

• 劵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quàn (quan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³, hyun³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: quàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'üan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gyun³, hyun³
    • Yale: gyun, hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³, hyn³
    • IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/, /hyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/

Old Chinese pronunciation (券, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
券					7173										元					3					劵					/*kʰons/

Definitions

券

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Japanese

Kanji

券

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: こん (kon) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: けん (ken), (historical) くゑん (kwen)

Etymology

Kanji in this term

券

けん Grade: 5

on'yomi

/kwen/ → /ken/

From Middle Chinese ticket (khwen^H?).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) け​ん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

券 (hiragana けん, romaji ken, historical hiragana くゑん)

1. ticket, certificate
2. bond, coupon

Suffix

券 (hiragana けん, romaji -ken, historical hiragana くゑん)

1. ticket, certificate

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Korean

Hanja

券 (gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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Compounds

• 旅券 (여권, yeo.gweon)

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Vietnamese

Han character

券 (khoán)

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