玩

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 玉 + phonetic 元

The jade semantic 玉 refers to the toys made of jade.

References

• 2005, William McNaughton, Reading & Writing Chinese: Simplified Character Edition, 2nd Edition, Tuttle, ISBN 978-0804835091, page 24:

Han character

玩 (radical 96 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土一一山 (MGMMU), four-corner 1111₁, composition ⿰⺩元)

References

• KangXi: page 728, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1103, character 4
• Unihan data for U+73A9

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		玩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhoe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (玩兒／玩儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: wánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ
    • Wade-Giles: wanrh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wal
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶
    • Yale: wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhoe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦø²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (玩, reconstructed)
Character (玩), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 桓 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 五換切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋuɑnH/	/ŋuɑnH/	/ŋuɑnH/	/ŋʷɑnH/	/ŋwanH/	/ŋuɑnH/	/ŋuɑnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (玩, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
玩								wàn								‹ ngwanH ›								/*[ŋ]ˤo[n]-s/								plaything
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
玩					16120					元					元					3					玩					/*ŋoːns/

Verb

玩

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to play; to toy with
2. to have a good time, to have fun, to spend time socially (e.g. with friends)
3. to trifle with, to treat without seriousness or respect

Usage notes

• The erhua form 玩兒／玩儿 is more common in northern Mandarin.

Derived terms

• 玩兒鬧／玩儿闹

See also

• (Min Nan) chhit-thô

Noun

玩

1. toy

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Japanese

Kanji

玩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: がん (gan)
• Kun: もてあそぶ (moteasobu)

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Korean

Hanja

玩 (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune-Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

玩 (ngoạn)

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