款

Translingual

Han character

款 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土火弓人 (GFNO), four-corner 4798₂, composition ⿰⿱士示欠)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 569, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16107
• Dae Jaweon: page 957, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2141, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6B3E

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Chinese

trad.		款
simp. #		款
alternative forms		𤘯 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
款	*kʰloːnʔ
欵	*kʰloːnʔ
歀	*kʰloːnʔ
窾	*kʰloːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǎn (kuan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khoán

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kuan³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khóaⁿ / khoán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang² / kuêng² / kuan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuan³
    • Yale: kwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koan
    • Palladius: куань (kuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fun²
    • Yale: fún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khoán
    • Hakka Romanization System: kuan^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kuan³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoan³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kuan³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuan³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoar
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰuã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoán
    • Tâi-lô: khuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan⁴¹/

Note:

• khóaⁿ - vernacular;
• khoán - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kuang² / kuêng² / kuan¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuáng / khuéng / khuaⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ⁵²/, /kʰueŋ⁵²/, /kʰũã³³/

Note:

• kuang2/kuêng2 - literary (kuêng2 - Chaozhou);
• kuan1 - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: khwanX

Rime
Character	款
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦管切
Baxter	khwanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwanX/
Li Rong	/kʰuɑnX/
Wang Li	/kʰuɑnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰloːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	款
Reading #	1/1
No.	7508
Phonetic component	款
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	款
Old Chinese	/*kʰloːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 款

1. money (of certain kind)

   借款  ―  jièkuǎn  ―  loan

   存款  ―  cúnkuǎn  ―  deposit

2. model, type

   幾款車／几款车 [Cantonese]  ―  gei² fun² ce¹ [Jyutping]  ―  several types of cars

   同款手機／同款手机 [Cantonese]  ―  tung⁴ fun² sau² gei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  same model of phone

3. signature
4. (Southern Min, Cantonese) appearance; being

   衰款 [Cantonese]  ―  seoi¹ fun² [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• (kind): (Mandarin) 樣／样 (yàng), (Mandarin) 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)

Further reading

• “Entry #8544”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

款

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: まこと (makoto, 款); しるす (shirusu, 款す)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
款
かん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 款 (MC khwanX).

Noun

款(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. intimacy; friendship
2. section of an article in a law, code, etc.

Affix

款(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. intimacy; friendship
2. signature; sign and seal
3. articles or clauses of an agreement, document of proof, etc.
4. expense; money; funds

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Korean

Hanja

款 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 款 (khoản)

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