榞

榞 U+699E, 榞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-699E ← 榝 [U+699D] CJK Unified Ideographs 榟 → [U+699F]

Translingual

Han character

榞 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 木一竹火 (DMHF), four-corner 4199₆, composition ⿰木原)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 543, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15242
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1263, character 4
• Unihan data for U+699E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羱	*ŋʷaːn, *ŋʷan
豲	*ɦŋʷaːn
謜	*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *ŋʷan
縓	*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *sŋ̊ʰʷans
原	*ŋʷan
源	*ŋʷan
厵	*ŋʷan
嫄	*ŋʷan
騵	*ŋʷan
榞	*ŋʷan
獂	*ŋʷan
蒝	*ŋʷan
願	*ŋʷans
傆	*ŋʷans
愿	*ŋʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋʷan): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²
    • Yale: ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon

Rime
Character	榞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	愚袁切
Baxter	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	榞
Reading #	1/1
No.	16192
Phonetic component	原
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷan/

Definitions

榞 (obsolete)

1. a kind of tree with edible bark and banana-like fruit

Compounds

• 石榞

Further reading

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 130
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C05292
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “榞”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji

榞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: げん (gen)

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [원]

Hanja

榞 (eumhun 나무 이름 원 (namu ireum won))

1. A kind of tree; further details are uncertain.

Vietnamese

Hán-Nôm

榞: Hán Việt readings: nguyên
榞: Nôm readings: nguồn

1. chữ Nôm form of nguyên (“a kind of tree”)
2. chữ Nôm form of nguồn (“source, origin”)

Compounds

• 榞杆 (nguồn cơn)