皖

皖 U+7696, 皖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7696 ← 皕 [U+7695] CJK Unified Ideographs 皗 → [U+7697]

Translingual

Han character

皖 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日十一山 (HAJMU), four-corner 2361₁, composition ⿰白完)

Derived characters

• 𦼍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22736
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7696

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皖

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

This term (Wǎn) is used to refer to the Anhui province of eastern China because there were historically a State of Wan, a Mount Wan, and a Wan River in the province.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǎn (Wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵ / wun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Wan³
    • Yale: Wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woan
    • Palladius: Вань (Vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Yale: wúhn / wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/, /wuːn³⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 皖
Mandarin	Beijing	/uan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/van¹³/
	Jinan	/vã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/uan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uã⁵³/
	Xining	/uã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/van⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/van⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uan⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kʰuan⁵³/ /uan⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uan⁴²/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʊ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/væ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/væ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/uø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/uø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/va̠³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/uɛ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/uːə³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰõ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɦɔn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/van³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wun²³/
	Nanning	/wun³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wun¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/uan⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uaŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/uiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/uaŋ²¹³/

Definitions

皖

1. Alternative name for 安徽 (Ānhuī, “Anhui province”).

Compounds

• 皖中盆地
• 皖北平原
• 皖南丘陵
• 皖派
• 直皖戰爭／直皖战争

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴
    • Yale: hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaenX

Rime
Character	皖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸板切
Baxter	hwaenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuanX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚanX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨnX/
Li Rong	/ɣuanX/
Wang Li	/ɣwanX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwanX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦŋoːnʔ/, /*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皖	皖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16132	16143
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	緩	睆
Old Chinese	/*ɦŋoːnʔ/	/*ɦŋroːnʔ/
Notes	原作晥，漢縣，漢書作睆，後漢書作皖或晥	詩作睆

Definitions

皖

1. ^† bright; bright star

Japanese

Kanji

皖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Venus (Astronomy)

Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)、げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、きよし (kiyoshi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

皖: Hán Nôm readings: hoản

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