慳

See also: 悭

Translingual

Han character

慳 (radical 61 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心尸水土 (PSEG), four-corner 9701₄, composition ⿰忄堅)

1. miserly, parsimonious, stingy

References

• KangXi: page 400, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11140
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2345, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6173

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Chinese

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trad.		慳
simp.		悭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan¹, han¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan¹, han¹
    • Yale: hāan, hān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan¹, han¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑːn⁵⁵/, /hɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (慳, reconstructed)
Character (慳), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 山 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦閑切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɣɛn/	/kʰăn/	/kʰɛn/	/kʰɯæn/	/kʰəɨn/	/kʰæn/	/kʰæn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (慳, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
慳					1327					臣					眞					1					慳					/*kʰriːn/

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Japanese

Kanji

慳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken)
• Kun: おしむ (oshimu)

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Korean

Hanja

慳 (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: ghen

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