弮

弮 U+5F2E, 弮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F2E ← 弭 [U+5F2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 弯 → [U+5F2F]

Translingual

Han character

弮 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手弓 (FQN), four-corner 9072₇, composition ⿱龹弓(GHT) or ⿱𠔉弓(JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9769
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 995, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5F2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
腃	*kʰruls, *ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
菤	*kronʔ
捲	*kronʔ, *krons, *ɡron
埢	*kronʔ
睠	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
犈	*krons, *ɡron
棬	*kʰron
鬈	*kʰron, *ɡron
圈	*kʰron, *ɡronʔ, *kʰon, *ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons
蜷	*ɡron
踡	*ɡron
婘	*ɡron
蔨	*ɡronʔ, *ɡrunʔ
倦	*ɡrons
淃	*ɡrons
綣	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
裷	*kʰonʔ, *qon

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quān (quan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan¹
    • Yale: chywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuan
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwen, kjwenH

Rime
Character	弮	弮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丘圓切	居倦切
Baxter	khjwen	kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuᴇn/	/kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiɛn/	/kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuæn/	/kiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwian/	/kwianH/
Li Rong	/kʰjuɛn/	/kjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɛn/	/kĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɛn/	/ki̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1	gyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰron/, /*krons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弮	弮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7163	7185
Phonetic component		卷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	弮	眷
Old Chinese	/*kʰron/	/*krons/
Notes		漢書表弓弦

Definitions

弮

1. crossbow that discharged several bolts in succession
2. (alt. form 絭) bowstring

Japanese

Kanji

弮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: いしゆみ (ishiyumi); まがる (magaru, 弮がる); まき (maki)