腕

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺼ (“meat, body part”) + phonetic 宛 – a part of the body.

Han character

腕 (radical 130 肉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月十弓山 (BJNU), four-corner 7321₂, composition ⿰月宛)

1. wrist, arm

Related characters

• 碗 婉

References

• KangXi: page 987, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29631
• Dae Jaweon: page 1440, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2092, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8155

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		腕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàn, pái, pì (wan⁴, pai², pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ, ㄆㄞˊ, ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun²
• Min Nan (POJ): óaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun²
    • Yale: wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun²
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uánn
    • IPA (Taipei): /uã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uã⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (腕, reconstructed)
Character (腕), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 桓 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 烏貫切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔuɑnH/	/ʔuɑnH/	/ʔuɑnH/	/ʔʷɑnH/	/ʔwanH/	/uɑnH/	/ʔuɑnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (腕, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
腕					16275					夗					元					3					惋					/*qoːns/

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Japanese

Noun

腕 (hiragana うで, romaji ude)

1. an arm (of body)

Etymology

From an original form kapina, reduced first to kaɸina, then kawina, then kaina.

Noun

腕 (hiragana かいな, romaji kaina, historical hiragana かひな)

1. an arm

Noun

腕 (hiragana ただむき, romaji tadamuki)

1. an arm

Kanji

腕

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: わん (wan)
• Kun: うで (ude), かいな (kaina)

Compounds

• 腕白 (わんびゃく, wanbyaku): naughty

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

腕 (oản, uyển)

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