貫

See also: 贯 and 头

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 毌 + semantic 貝 – 毌 may also represent string of coins.

Han character

貫 (radical 154 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田十月山金 (WJBUC), four-corner 7780₆, composition ⿱毌貝)

1. a string of one thousand coins
2. to go through

Derived characters

• 慣 實

Descendants

• 贯
• 头 (simplification in some characters, such as 实)

References

• KangXi: page 1205, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3628, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8CAB

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Chinese

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trad.		貫
simp.		贯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kuan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (貫, reconstructed)
Character (貫), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 桓 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古丸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuɑn/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑn/	/kʷɑn/	/kwan/	/kuɑn/	/kuɑn/
Character (貫), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 桓 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古玩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuɑnH/	/kuɑnH/	/kuɑnH/	/kʷɑnH/	/kwanH/	/kuɑnH/	/kuɑnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (貫, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
貫					4465					毌					元					3					官					/*koːn/
貫					4466					毌					元					3					貫					/*koːns/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

貫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pierce
2. 8 1/3 pounds (weight)
3. penetrate
4. brace

Readings

• On: かん (kan), わん (wan)
• Kun: つらぬく (tsuranuku), ひく (hiku)

Counter

貫 (hiragana かん, romaji -kan)

1. pieces of sushi

Noun

貫 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. an obsolete unit of measure of weight corresponding to 3.75 kilograms
2. an obsolete unit of currency

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Korean

Hanja

貫 (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貫 (quán, quan, quen)

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