沅

See also: 源

Translingual

Han character

沅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一一山 (EMMU), four-corner 3111₁, composition ⿰氵元)

Derived characters

• 𩂷, 𤂕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17186
• Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C85

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		沅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
冠	*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞	*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖	*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒	*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goán / goân

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán / goân
    • Tâi-lô: guán / guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goarn, goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹/, /ɡuan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon

Rime
Character	沅
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沅
Reading #	1/1
No.	16146
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋon/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 沅

1. (～江) Yuan River in Hunan province
2. (～州) name of prefecture during the reign of Wu Zetian

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沅 – see 源 (“source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead; source; origin; root; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 源).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

沅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: げん (gen)
• Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
• Kun: みなもと (minamoto, 沅)

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Korean

Hanja

沅 (eum 원 (won))

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