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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (walk) + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 162 +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜田中女 (YWLV), four-corner 36303)

  1. still, yet, also, besides
  2. to return

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1266, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39174
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1764, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3888, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9084

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , Yale waan4)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised hwan, seon, McCune-Reischauer hwan, sŏn, Yale hwan, sen)


Mandarin [edit]

simpl.
trad.

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin hái (hai2), huán (huan2), Wade-Giles huan2)

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ xai˧˥ ]

Adverb [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin hái, simplified )

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) still; yet
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) even more
  3. (Beginning Mandarin) passably

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ xuan˧˥ ]

Verb [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin huán, simplified )

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) to return; to go (or come) back
  2. (Beginning Mandarin) to return; to repay

References [edit]

  • "" (in Mandarin/English), Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-10-19.
  • "" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-10-19.

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(hoàn)