斡

Translingual

Han character

斡 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十人卜十 (JJOYJ), four-corner 4844₀, composition ⿸龺⿱人斗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 478, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13522
• Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2255, character 7
• Unihan data for U+65A1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		斡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乾	*kaːn, *ɡran
漧	*kaːn
倝	*kaːns
榦	*kaːns
韓	*ɡaːn
鶾	*ɡaːn
翰	*ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
瀚	*ɡaːns
螒	*ɡaːns
雗	*ɡaːns
斡	*qʷaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷaːd) : phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 斗.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t / oat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uag⁴ / uêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waat³
    • Yale: waat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t / oat
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍t / uat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oat, oad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚²⁴/, /uat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/

Note:

• oa̍t - vernacular (“to turn”, often written as 越);
• oat - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: uag⁴ / uêg⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uak / uek
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uak̚²/, /uek̚²/

Note:

• uag4 - Chaozhou;
• uêg4 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: 'wat

Rime
Character	斡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏括切
Baxter	'wat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/uɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3710
Phonetic component	倝
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	斡
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 斡

1. to revolve; to spin; to rotate
2. Wo
3. (Southern Min) to change direction; to turn

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 斡 – see 管 (“to take control of; to be in charge of”). (This character is a variant form of 管).

References

• “斡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

斡

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. go around
2. rule
3. administer

Readings

• Go-on: わち (wachi)
• Kan-on: わつ (watsu)
• Kan’yō-on: あつ (atsu)
• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru, 斡る)

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Korean

Hanja

斡 • (al, gan) (hangeul 알, 간, revised al, gan, McCune–Reischauer al, kan, Yale al, kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

斡: Hán Nôm readings: oát

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References

• Nom Foundation