冤

See also: 寃

冤 U+2F818, 冤 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F818 ← 冗 [U+2F817] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 仌 → [U+2F819]

Translingual

Han character

冤 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓日戈 (BNAI) or 月弓山戈 (BNUI), four-corner 3741₃, composition ⿱冖兔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1587
• Dae Jaweon: page 293, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 305, character 1
• Unihan data for U+51A4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		冤
alternative forms		寃 𡨚 𠕤 𡨘 惌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冤
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
冤	*qon
蒬	*qon

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân
• Eastern Min (BUC): uŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oan / un

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹ / uêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹yoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹
    • Yale: ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun¹
    • Yale: yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan
    • Tâi-lô: uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
    • Tâi-lô: un
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴/

Note:

• oan - literary;
• un - vernacular (limited, e.g. 冤屈).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: uang¹ / uêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang / ueng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/, /ueŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹yoe
    • MiniDict: yoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hhyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyø⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwon

Rime
Character	冤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於袁切
Baxter	'jwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冤
Reading #	1/1
No.	16094
Phonetic component	冤
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鴛
Old Chinese	/*qon/
Notes	後或作寃

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 冤

1. to wrong; to treat unjustly
2. grievance; unjust
3. enmity; hatred
4. not worth

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Japanese

Kanji

冤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. false charge
2. hatred

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: ぬれぎぬ (nureginu, 冤); かがむ (kagamu)

Noun

冤(えん) • (en) 

1. false charge

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Korean

Hanja

冤 (eum 원 (won))

1. grievance, injustice, wrong

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Vietnamese

Han character

冤: Hán Nôm readings: oan

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