宦

Translingual

Han character

宦 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十尸中中 (JSLL), four-corner 3071₇, composition ⿱宀臣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 285, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7138
• Dae Jaweon: page 563, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 924, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5BA6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		宦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fon⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁶ / huêng⁶

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁶
    • Yale: waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
    • Tâi-lô: huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁶ / huêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huăng / huĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³⁵/, /hueŋ³⁵/

Note:

• huang6 - Shantou;
• huêng6 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: hwaenH

Rime
Character	宦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡慣切
Baxter	hwaenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣuanH/
Wang Li	/ɣwanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kʷˤ<r>a[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hwænH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-kʷˁ<r>a[n]-s/
English	servant
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宦
Reading #	1/1
No.	5361
Phonetic component	宦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	患
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷraːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 宦

1. to hold public office
2. government official
3. eunuch
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

宦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: つかえる (tsukaeru, 宦える); まなぶ (manabu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 宦 (hoạn)

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