惋

惋 U+60CB, 惋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60CB ← 惊 [U+60CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 惌 → [U+60CC]

Translingual

Han character

惋 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心十弓山 (PJNU), four-corner 9301₂, composition ⿰忄宛)

1. regret, be sorry
2. alarmed

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 390, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10771
• Dae Jaweon: page 724, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2319, character 5
• Unihan data for U+60CB

Chinese

trad.		惋
simp. #		惋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涴	*qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ
埦	*qoːn
豌	*qoːn
剜	*qoːn
眢	*qoːn, *qon
蜿	*qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ
帵	*qoːn
碗	*qoːnʔ
椀	*qoːnʔ
盌	*qoːnʔ
腕	*qoːns
惋	*qoːns
捥	*qoːns
睕	*qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd
琬	*qoːns, *qonʔ
鴛	*quːn, *qon
鵷	*qon
惌	*qon, *qonʔ
宛	*qon, *qonʔ
怨	*qon, *qons
葾	*qon
夗	*qonʔ
婉	*qonʔ
菀	*qonʔ, *qud
苑	*qonʔ, *qons
踠	*qonʔ
畹	*qonʔ, *qons
倇	*qonʔ
晼	*qonʔ
黦	*qod, *qod, *qud
焥	*qoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn, wàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ, ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun², wun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oàn / oán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³
    • Yale: wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun², wun²
    • Yale: yún, wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn², wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun², wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵/, /wuːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oàn
    • Tâi-lô: uàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán
    • Tâi-lô: uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• oàn - literary;
• oán - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: 'wanH

Rime
Character	惋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏貫切
Baxter	'wanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwanH/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑnH/
Wang Li	/uɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惋
Reading #	1/1
No.	16276
Phonetic component	夗
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	惋
Old Chinese	/*qoːns/

Definitions

惋

1. to sigh; to regret
2. troubled; sorrowful

Compounds

• 嘆惋／叹惋 (tànwǎn)
• 惋傷／惋伤 (wǎnshāng)
• 惋嘆／惋叹
• 惋惜 (wǎnxī)
• 悵惋／怅惋 (chàngwǎn)
• 惆惋
• 惋愕
• 惋愴／惋怆
• 憤惋／愤惋
• 歎惋／叹惋 (tànwǎn)
• 驚惋／惊惋

 

References

• “惋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

惋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. regret
2. be sorry
3. alarmed

Readings

• On (unclassified): わん (wan)
• Kun: なげく (nageku)

Korean

Hanja

惋 (eum 완 (wan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

惋: Hán Nôm readings: uyển

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References

• Nom Foundation