券

See also: 劵

Translingual

Han character

券 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸竹 (FQSH), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱龹刀(GHTJ) or ⿱𠔉刀(KV))

Related characters

• 拳 卷/巻 弮 眷 觠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1966
• Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 332, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5238

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		券
alternative forms		劵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
潫	*qroːn, *qon, *qron
豢	*ɡroːns
勬	*kron, *krons
韏	*kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons
眷	*krons
桊	*krons
絭	*krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ
觠	*krons, *ɡron
飬	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
拳	*ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
齤	*ɡron
券	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰons) : phonetic 𠔉 () + semantic 刀.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 券

1. (historical) title deeds; deed of trust; bond
2. ticket; pass; coupon; voucher; certificate

   入場券／入场券  ―  rùchǎngquàn  ―  admission ticket

3. ^† (figurative) guarantee; surety; certainty
4. ^† to agree; to tally with
5. ^† to copy; to trace
6. ^† to bore; to drill

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn, quàn (xuan⁴, quan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ, ㄑㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴
    • Yale: chywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuann
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun³
    • Yale: hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 券

1. (architecture) arch (on bridges, doors, windows)

   拱券  ―  gǒngxuàn  ―  arch

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koān / koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gyun⁶
    • Yale: gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān
    • Tâi-lô: kuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 券

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 倦 (juàn, “tired; weary”).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

券

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←くゑん (kwen, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
券
けん Grade: 6
on'yomi

/kwen/ → /ken/

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese ticket (khwen^H?).

Noun

券(けん) • (ken) ^{←くゑん (kwen)?}

1. ticket, certificate
2. bond, coupon

Suffix

券(けん) • (-ken) ^{←くゑん (kwen)?}

1. ticket, certificate

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Korean

Hanja

券 (eum 권 (gwon))

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Compounds

• 旅券 (여권, yeogweon)

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Vietnamese

Han character

券: Hán Nôm readings: khoán

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