歡

See also: 歓, 驩, and 欢

歡 U+6B61, 歡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B61 ← 歠 [U+6B60] CJK Unified Ideographs 止 → [U+6B62]

Translingual

Traditional	歡
Shinjitai	歓
Simplified	欢

Han character

歡 (radical 76, 欠+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿土弓人 (TGNO), four-corner 4728₂, composition ⿰雚欠)

References

• KangXi: page 573, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16242
• Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2153, character 17
• Unihan data for U+6B61

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Chinese

trad.		歡
simp.		欢
alternative forms		驩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰoːn): phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 欠.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huān (huan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fôn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fon¹

• Min Bei (KCR): húing
• Min Dong (BUC): huăng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoaⁿ / hoan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huan¹ / huang¹ / huêng¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): huoe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: huan1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun¹
    • Yale: fūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁴⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: húing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuiŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoaⁿ / hoan
    • Tâi-lô: huann / huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaf, hoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huã⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huã³³/, /huan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huã⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huã⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huã⁴⁴/, /huan⁴⁴/

Note:

• hoaⁿ - vernacular;
• hoan - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: huan¹ / huang¹ / huêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huaⁿ / huang / hueng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũã³³/, /huaŋ³³/, /hueŋ³³/

Note:

• huan1 - vernacular;
• huang1/huêng1 - literary.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: huoe (T1)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hv̩ʷø⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 歡
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/xuan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/xuan²¹/
	Jinan	/xuã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xuã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/xuan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xuã²¹/
	Xining	/xuã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xuan⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/xuɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/xuan⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/xuan⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/xuan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/xuan⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/xuã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/xuaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/xʊ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xuɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xuæ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/huø⁵³/
	Suzhou	/huø⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/huõ³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕy³³/
Hui	Shexian	/xuɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/xuːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xõ³³/
	Xiangtan	/hɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɵn⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/fon⁵/
	Taoyuan	/fon²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fun⁵³/
	Nanning	/fun⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/fun⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/huan⁵⁵/ /huã⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/huaŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xuiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/huã³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/huaŋ²³/ /hua²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /huɑn/

Rime
Character	歡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwan/
Li Rong	/xuɑn/
Wang Li	/xuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huān

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huān
Middle Chinese	‹ xwan ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁar/
English	rejoice; joyous
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	歡
Reading #	1/1
No.	4487
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	歡
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːn/

Definitions

歡

1. happy; pleased; glad
2. joy
3. to enjoy

Compounds

Derived terms from 歡

• 不歡而散／不欢而散 (bùhuān'érsàn)
• 不苦歡／不苦欢
• 交歡／交欢 (jiāohuān)
• 人歡馬叫／人欢马叫 (rénhuānmǎjiào)
• 八音聯歡／八音联欢
• 千歡萬喜／千欢万喜
• 另結新歡／另结新欢
• 吃合家歡／吃合家欢
• 合家歡／合家欢
• 合歡／合欢 (héhuān)
• 合歡山／合欢山 (Héhuānshān)
• 合歡扇／合欢扇
• 合歡結／合欢结
• 同歡／同欢
• 同歡同賞／同欢同赏
• 喜地歡天／喜地欢天
• 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan)
• 墜歡／坠欢
• 墜歡重拾／坠欢重拾
• 大葉合歡／大叶合欢
• 失歡／失欢
• 夾道歡迎／夹道欢迎
• 尋歡／寻欢 (xúnhuān)
• 尋歡作樂／寻欢作乐 (xúnhuānzuòlè)
• 市歡／市欢
• 平生歡／平生欢
• 強顏歡笑／强颜欢笑
• 悒悒不歡／悒悒不欢
• 悲歡／悲欢 (bēihuān)
• 悲歡合散／悲欢合散
• 悲歡歲月／悲欢岁月 (bēihuānsuìyuè)
• 悲歡聚散／悲欢聚散
• 悲歡離合／悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)
• 成歡／成欢
• 所歡／所欢
• 承歡／承欢
• 承歡獻媚／承欢献媚
• 承歡膝下／承欢膝下 (chénghuān xīxià)
• 把手言歡／把手言欢
• 抑鬱寡歡／抑郁寡欢
• 握手極歡／握手极欢
• 握手言歡／握手言欢
• 撒歡／撒欢 (sāhuān)
• 新歡／新欢 (xīnhuān)
• 朝歡暮樂／朝欢暮乐

• 枕席之歡／枕席之欢
• 歡勢／欢势
• 歡呼／欢呼 (huānhū)
• 歡呼雷動／欢呼雷动
• 歡唱／欢唱
• 歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ)
• 歡喜佛／欢喜佛
• 歡喜冤家／欢喜冤家
• 歡喜若狂／欢喜若狂 (huānxǐruòkuáng)
• 歡喜錢兒／欢喜钱儿
• 歡場／欢场
• 歡天喜地／欢天喜地 (huāntiānxǐdì)
• 歡娛／欢娱
• 歡客／欢客
• 歡度／欢度
• 歡心／欢心 (huānxīn)
• 歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)
• 歡忭／欢忭
• 歡忻／欢忻
• 歡忻踴躍／欢忻踊跃
• 歡忻鼓舞／欢忻鼓舞
• 歡悅／欢悦 (huānyuè)
• 歡愉／欢愉 (huānyú)
• 歡抃／欢抃
• 歡暢／欢畅 (huānchàng)
• 歡會／欢会
• 歡樂／欢乐 (huānlè)
• 歡欣／欢欣 (huānxīn)
• 歡欣若狂／欢欣若狂
• 歡欣踴躍／欢欣踊跃
• 歡欣鼓舞／欢欣鼓舞 (huānxīngǔwǔ)
• 歡歡喜喜／欢欢喜喜
• 歡洽／欢洽
• 歡笑／欢笑 (huānxiào)
• 歡翅／欢翅
• 歡聚／欢聚 (huānjù)
• 歡聚一堂／欢聚一堂
• 歡聲／欢声
• 歡聲雷動／欢声雷动
• 歡若平生／欢若平生
• 歡蹦亂跳／欢蹦乱跳 (huānbèng luàntiào)
• 歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè)
• 歡迎／欢迎 (huānyíng)
• 歡迸亂跳／欢迸乱跳

• 歡送／欢送 (huānsòng)
• 歡鄰／欢邻
• 歡門／欢门
• 歡顏／欢颜
• 歡騰／欢腾 (huānténg)
• 求歡／求欢 (qiúhuān)
• 滿心歡喜／满心欢喜
• 狂歡／狂欢 (kuánghuān)
• 男歡女愛／男欢女爱
• 皆大歡喜／皆大欢喜 (jiēdàhuānxǐ)
• 盡歡／尽欢 (jìnhuān)
• 盡歡而散／尽欢而散
• 相得甚歡／相得甚欢
• 眉歡眼笑／眉欢眼笑
• 眼前歡／眼前欢
• 秦歡晉愛／秦欢晋爱
• 空歡喜／空欢喜
• 竭誠歡迎／竭诚欢迎
• 結歡／结欢
• 聯歡／联欢 (liánhuān)
• 聯歡會／联欢会 (liánhuānhuì)
• 菽水之歡／菽水之欢
• 菽水承歡／菽水承欢
• 落寞寡歡／落寞寡欢
• 落落寡歡／落落寡欢
• 薄海歡騰／薄海欢腾
• 覓愛追歡／觅爱追欢
• 買笑追歡／买笑追欢
• 賓主盡歡／宾主尽欢
• 賣笑追歡／卖笑追欢
• 迎歡買俏／迎欢买俏
• 追歡／追欢
• 追歡取樂／追欢取乐
• 追歡買笑／追欢买笑
• 重拾舊歡／重拾旧欢
• 金合歡／金合欢
• 閤家歡／合家欢
• 離合悲歡／离合悲欢
• 雲雨之歡／云雨之欢
• 騰歡／腾欢
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 魚水之歡／鱼水之欢 (yúshuǐzhīhuān)
• 鼓掌歡呼／鼓掌欢呼
• 鼓舞歡欣／鼓舞欢欣

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Japanese

Shinjitai	歓
Kyūjitai	歡

Kanji

歡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 歓)

1. Kyūjitai form of 歓 (joy, delight)

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: よろこぶ (yorokobu)

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Korean

Hanja

歡 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

歡: Hán Nôm readings: hoan, hoen

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