還

See also 还

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 睘

Han character

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

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

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

還 (simplified 还, Yale waan4)

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Japanese

Kanji

還 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), せん (sen), げん (gen)
• Kun: かえる (kaeru), また (mata), めぐる (meguru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

simpl.		还
trad.		還

Hanzi

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ xai˧˥ ]

Adverb

還 (traditional, Pinyin hái, simplified 还)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ xuan˧˥ ]

Verb

還 (traditional, Pinyin huán, simplified 还)

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

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

還 (hoàn)