患

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 串 (“skewer”) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – pain in the heart. Note the use of 串 (“skewer”), suggesting the heart being pierced with suffering.

Han character

患 (radical 61 心+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中中心 (LLP), four-corner 5033₆)

1. suffer, worry about
2. suffering

References

• KangXi: page 388, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10691
• Dae Jaweon: page 721, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2300, character 9
• Unihan data for U+60A3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

患 (Yale waan6)

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Japanese

Kanji

患 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), げん (gen)
• Kun: わずらう (wazurau), うれえる (ureeru), うれい (urei)

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Korean

Hanja

患 (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune-Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

患 (pinyin huàn (huan4), Wade-Giles huan⁴)

Compounds

患难见真情 (患難見真情)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

患 (POJ hōan (hoan⁷))

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Vietnamese

Han character

患 (hoạn)