亘

See also: 亙

亘 U+4E98, 亘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E98 ← 亗 [U+4E97] CJK Unified Ideographs 亙 → [U+4E99]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

亘 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+4, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 一日一 (MAM), four-corner 1010₆, composition ⿱一旦 or ⿱𣄼一)

Derived characters

• 咺, 垣, 姮, 峘, 恒, 洹, 狟, 晅, 桓, 烜, 絙 (𫄠), 䚙, 貆, 䱎 (𱇥), 刯, 宣, 荁

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠈗, 𰏃, 𢂡, 𢬎, 𲉎, 𬨤, 𪻘, 𦚸, 𠖑, 𥅨, 𮀂, 𰦶, 𮁭, 𥹚, 𦍼, 𧊳, 𰴮, 𧱂, 𧻚, 𰼧, 𩎨, 𱢡, 𱅻, 𩰵, 𩫡, 𬴠, 𩫧, 𱅾
• 𠡚, 𡷆, 𮟷, 𩒢, 𭜩, 𠣙, 𭁴, 𡘍, 𪴶, 𥥣, 𲅅, 𠖚, 𠠊, 𡱌, 𪊥, 𫧑, 𤌓, 𩺏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 262
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 17, character 16
• Unihan data for U+4E98

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		亘
alternative forms		𠄢

Compare Burmese ဝန်း (wan:, “round”) (Hill, 2019).

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亘
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (亘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Originally 𠄢: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 二 + 囘.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤar/, /*s-[q]ʷar/, /*swar/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亘	亘	亘
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huán	xuān	xuān
Middle Chinese	‹ hwan ›	‹ sjwen ›	‹ sjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁar/	/*s-[q]ʷar/	/*swar/ (< *s-[q]ʷar)
English	turn around, turn back	turn around	阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

亘

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to revolve around
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) whirlpool

Compounds

• 阿會亘

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 亙 (“to extend all the way; to stretch; dimension; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 亙).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 桓 (“Chinese soapberry; pillar used as a signpost; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 桓).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 宣 (“to declare; to announce; to proclaim; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 宣).

Japanese

Kanji

亘

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. span
2. request

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)、がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: せん (sen)、かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 亘める)
• Nanori: せん (sen)、のぶ (nobu)

As an alternative form of 亙:

• Go-on: こう (kō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: わたる (wataru, 亘る)、わたり (watari, 亘り)
• Nanori: とおる (tōru)、わたる (wataru)、わたり (watari)、ひろし (hiroshi)

Compounds

• 亘古(こうこ) (kōko): forever, from ancient times.
• 連亘(れんこう) (renkō): extending in a row

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
亘
わたる Jinmeiyō
nanori

Alternative spelling
亙 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of the verb 亘る (wataru, “to extend over, to spread over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) わたる [wàtárú] (Heiban – [0])

Proper noun

亘(わたる) • (Wataru) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
亘
わた(り) Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
亙 (kyūjitai)

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 亘(わた)る (wataru, “to extend over, to spread over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ta̠ɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) わたり [wàtárí] (Heiban – [0])

Proper noun

亘(わたり) • (Watari) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

亘 • (seon, hwan) (hangeul 선, 환, revised seon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亘: Hán Việt readings: cắng
亘: Nôm readings: cắng, cứng, hẵng

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References

• Nom Foundation