丱

丱 U+4E31, 丱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E31 ← 丰 [U+4E30] CJK Unified Ideographs 串 → [U+4E32]

See also: 卝

Translingual

Han character

丱 (radical 2 丨+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女中中中一 (VLLLM), four-corner 2277₀)

1. child's hairstyle bound in two tufts
2. ore

References

• KangXi: page 79, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 77
• Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 52, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4E31

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		丱

Alternative forms

• 卝

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan³

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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: gwaan³
    • Yale: gwaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɑːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠuan^H/▼

Rime
Character	丱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古患切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuanH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨnH/
Li Rong	/kuanH/
Wang Li	/kwanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丱
Reading #	1/1
No.	4475
Phonetic component	丱
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	慣
Old Chinese	/*kroːns/

Definitions

丱

1. child's hairstyle bound in two tufts
2. young child, childhood

Synonyms

• 總角／总角

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kong³, kwong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kong³, kwong³
    • Yale: kong, kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kong³, kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kong³, kuong³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/

Definitions

丱

1. Alternative form of 礦 (“mineral, ore”)

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Japanese

Kanji

丱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a kind of ancient hairstyle
2. young or tender

Readings

• Goon: けん (ken)^{←くゑん (kwen, historical)}
• Kan’on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: あげまき (agemaki, 丱); おさない (osanai, 丱い)^{←をさない (wosanai, historical)}

As a variant form of 礦:

• Goon: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)←くゐやう (kwyau, ancient)}
• Kan’on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)←くゐやう (kwyau, ancient)}
• Kun: あらがね (aragane, 丱)

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Korean

Hanja

丱 • (gwan)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 관 (revised: gwan, McCune-Reischauer: kwan)
  • Name (hangeul): 쌍상투 (revised: ssangsangtu, McCune-Reischauer: ssangsangt'u)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丱

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Vietnamese

Han character

丱 (quán)

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References

• Nom Foundation