幻

See also: 幼 and 𠄔

幻 U+5E7B, 幻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7B ← 幺 [U+5E7A] CJK Unified Ideographs 幼 → [U+5E7C]

Translingual

Han character

幻 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女戈尸 (VIS) or 難女戈尸 (XVIS), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿰幺𠃌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9190
• Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5E7B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		幻
alternative forms		𠄔 眩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Three interpretations, all of which are ideogram (指事) :

• Variant of 玄 with an elongated stroke to distinguish (Ji Xusheng).
• Abbreviation of 縣 (He Linyi).
• Inversion of 予 (Shuowen Jiezi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huan⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waan⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): van⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): fon⁵ / fan⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fan

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fan⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): huan³
• Northern Min (KCR): huīng
• Eastern Min (BUC): huâng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang⁴ / huong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoān / hoàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ / huêng³ / huam³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ue
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): honn⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴
    • Yale: hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: huan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁶
    • Yale: waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: van⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /van²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fon⁵ / fan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵn¹¹/, /fan¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fan
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: huan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuiŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huɑŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
    • Tâi-lô: huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn
    • Tâi-lô: huàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /huan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang³ / huêng³ / huam³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng / huèng / huàm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³/, /hueŋ²¹³/, /huam²¹³/

Note:

• huang3 - Shantou;
• huêng3 - Chaozhou;
• huam3 - Jieyang, Raoping, Huilai, Pontianak.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ue
    • MiniDict: ue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: honn⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xõ⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 幻
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xuan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/xuan⁵³/
	Jinan	/xuã²¹/
	Qingdao	/xuã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xuan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/xuã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/xuã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/xuan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xuɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/xuan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xuan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuan¹³/
	Guiyang	/xuan²¹³/
	Kunming	/xuã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/xuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/xʊ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xuɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/xuæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ue̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦuõ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠a³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/xuɛ²²/
	Tunxi	/xuːə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/xõ⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/hɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɵn²¹/ /fan²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/fan⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wan²²/
	Nanning	/wan²²/
	Hong Kong	/wan²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/huan²²/ /huan²¹/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huɑŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xuiŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huaŋ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/huaŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hweanH

Rime
Character	幻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡辨切
Baxter	hweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣuɛnH/
Wang Li	/ɣwænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷreːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幻
Reading #	1/1
No.	5352
Phonetic component	幻
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幻
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷreːns/

Definitions

幻

1. mystical; mysterious
2. illusion; fantasy; mirage

Compounds

• 夢幻／梦幻 (mènghuàn)
• 夢幻劇／梦幻剧
• 夢幻泡影／梦幻泡影
• 太虛幻境／太虚幻境
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇幻迷離／奇幻迷离
• 如夢似幻／如梦似幻
• 如幻似真
• 幻世
• 幻人
• 幻光
• 幻化 (huànhuà)
• 幻塵／幻尘
• 幻境 (huànjìng)
• 幻夢／幻梦 (huànmèng)
• 幻夢成空／幻梦成空
• 幻影 (huànyǐng)
• 幻想 (huànxiǎng)
• 幻想力
• 幻想曲 (huànxiǎngqǔ)
• 幻想派
• 幻日 (huànrì)
• 幻景 (huànjǐng)
• 幻民
• 幻法 (huànfǎ)
• 幻泡
• 幻滅／幻灭 (huànmiè)
• 幻燈／幻灯 (huàndēng)
• 幻燈機／幻灯机 (huàndēngjī)
• 幻燈片／幻灯片
• 幻相
• 幻視／幻视 (huànshì)
• 幻術／幻术 (huànshù)
• 幻覺／幻觉 (huànjué)
• 幻象 (huànxiàng)
• 泡幻
• 科幻 (kēhuàn)
• 科幻小說／科幻小说
• 科幻電影／科幻电影
• 空幻 (kōnghuàn)
• 虛幻／虚幻 (xūhuàn)
• 譸張為幻／诪张为幻
• 變幻／变幻 (biànhuàn)
• 變幻不測／变幻不测
• 變幻無常／变幻无常
• 變幻莫測／变幻莫测 (biànhuànmòcè)
• 迷幻藥／迷幻药 (míhuànyào)
• 風雲變幻／风云变幻 (fēngyúnbiànhuàn)
• 魔幻 (móhuàn)

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “幻”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Japanese

Kanji

幻

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fantasy, phantom

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: まぼろし (maboroshi, 幻, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 幻影(げんえい) (gen'ei)
• 幻灯(げんとう) (gentō)
• 幻覚(げんかく) (genkaku)
• 幻術(げんじゅつ) (genjutsu)
• 幻滅(げんめつ) (genmetsu)
• 幻想(げんそう) (gensō)
• 幻日(げんじつ) (genjitsu)
• 幻月(げんげつ) (gengetsu)
• 魔幻(まげん) (magen)
• 夢幻(むげん) (mugen)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
幻
まぼろし Grade: S
kun'yomi

Probably from Old Japanese. Used in The Tale of Genji, completed in 1021.

The initial ma is almost certainly 目 (ma, modern me, “eye”). The boroshi portion is of uncertain derivation, possibly related to modern colloquial adjective ぼろい (boroi, “rough, ragged, worn-out”), or verb ばらす (barasu, “to mess something up”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まぼろし [màbóróshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠bo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

幻(まぼろし) • (maboroshi) 

1. an illusion, a phantom, a dream, a vision

Korean

Hanja

幻 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幻: Hán Nôm readings: huyễn, hoẻn, ảo

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Usage notes

• Ảo appears to be a misreading due to confusion with the character 抝 or 拗 (ảo).