碗

碗 U+7897, 碗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7897 ← 碖 [U+7896] CJK Unified Ideographs 碘 → [U+7898]

Translingual

Han character

碗 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十弓山 (MRJNU), four-corner 1361₂, composition ⿰石宛)

Derived characters

• 𫾊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 832, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24306
• Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7897

Chinese

trad.		碗
simp. #		碗
alternative forms		盌 㼝 椀 埦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涴	*qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ
埦	*qoːn
豌	*qoːn
剜	*qoːn
眢	*qoːn, *qon
蜿	*qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ
帵	*qoːn
碗	*qoːnʔ
椀	*qoːnʔ
盌	*qoːnʔ
腕	*qoːns
惋	*qoːns
捥	*qoːns
睕	*qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd
琬	*qoːns, *qonʔ
鴛	*quːn, *qon
鵷	*qon
惌	*qon, *qonʔ
宛	*qon, *qonʔ
怨	*qon, *qons
葾	*qon
夗	*qonʔ
婉	*qonʔ
菀	*qonʔ, *qud
苑	*qonʔ, *qons
踠	*qonʔ
畹	*qonʔ, *qons
倇	*qonʔ
晼	*qonʔ
黦	*qod, *qod, *qud
焥	*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːnʔ): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Etymology

From 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”) + -n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): wan³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ван (van, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): von²

• Gan (Wiktionary): uon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vón

  (Meixian, Guangdong): von³

• Jin (Wiktionary): van²
• Min Bei (KCR): uǐng
• Min Dong (BUC): uāng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ / oán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uan²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁵uoe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): onn³

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (碗兒／碗儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: wǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woal
    • Palladius: ваньр (vanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uan⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ван (van, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /væ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun²
    • Yale: wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: von²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: uon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɵn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón
    • Hakka Romanization System: von`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: von³
    • Sinological IPA: /von³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: von³
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: van²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: voar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /uã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán
    • Tâi-lô: uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• óaⁿ - vernacular;
• oán - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: uan²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã⁵²/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ⁵uoe
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ²uoe
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uø³⁴/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: onn³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /õ⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 碗
Mandarin	Beijing	/uan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/van¹³/
	Jinan	/vã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uã⁵³/
	Xining	/uã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/van⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/van⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uan⁴²/
	Chengdu	/uan⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uan⁴²/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʊ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/væ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/væ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/uø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/uø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠y³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/uɛ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/uːə³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/õ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɔn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɵn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/von³¹/
	Taoyuan	/von³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wun³⁵/
	Nanning	/wun³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wun³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/uan⁵³/ /uã⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uaŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/uiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/uã⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ua²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wanX

Rime
Character	碗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏管切
Baxter	'wanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwanX/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑnX/
Wang Li	/uɑnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	碗
Reading #	1/1
No.	16272
Phonetic component	夗
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	椀
Old Chinese	/*qoːnʔ/
Notes	盌椀晚起字

碗

Definitions

碗

1. bowl (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 c h; 塊／块 mn)

   洗碗  ―  xǐwǎn  ―  to wash the dishes

2. bowl-like object
3. Classifier for the quantity of a bowl: bowlful

   一碗米飯／一碗米饭  ―  yī wǎn mǐfàn  ―  a bowl of rice

   一碗粥 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ wun² zuk¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a bowl of congee

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碗
Mandarin	Beijing	碗, 碗兒
	Taiwan	碗
	Yantai (Muping)	碗
	Jinan	碗
	Luoyang	碗
	Wanrong	碗
	Xi'an	碗
	Yinchuan	碗
	Lanzhou	碗
	Xining	碗
	Ürümqi	碗
	Wuhan	碗
	Chengdu	碗
	Guiyang	碗
	Liuzhou	碗
	Xuzhou	碗兒, 碗
	Yangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Nanjing	碗兒
	Hefei	碗, 盞子
	Malaysia	碗
	Singapore	碗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碗
	Hong Kong	碗
	Dongguan	碗
	Yangjiang	碗, 甌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碗
Gan	Nanchang	碗
	Pingxiang	碗
Hakka	Meixian	碗, 碗公, 碗仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	碗公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗
Huizhou	Jixi	碗
Jin	Taiyuan	碗
	Xinzhou	碗
Min Bei	Jian'ou	碗, 碗頭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	碗
	Singapore (Fuqing)	碗
Min Nan	Xiamen	碗, 碗頭
	Quanzhou	碗
	Zhangzhou	碗, 碗頭
	Zhao'an	碗
	Penang (Hokkien)	碗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗
	Manila (Hokkien)	碗
	Chaozhou	碗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碗
	Jieyang	碗
	Singapore (Teochew)	碗
	Leizhou	碗
	Wenchang	碗
	Haikou	碗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	碗
Puxian Min	Putian	碗
	Putian (Donghai)	碗
	Putian (Jiangkou)	碗
	Putian (Nanri)	碗
	Xianyou	碗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	碗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	碗
Wu	Shanghai	碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碗
	Suzhou	碗
	Danyang	碗盞
	Hangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Ningbo	碗盞
	Wenzhou	碗
	Jinhua	碗
Xiang	Changsha	碗, 蓮花子
	Loudi	碗
	Shuangfeng	碗

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碗):

• → Japanese: 碗(わん) (wan)

Others:

• → Jingpho: wan
• → Lü: ᦛᦱᧃᧈ (v̇aan¹)
• → Tai Nüa: ᥝᥣᥢᥱ (wǎan)
• → Zhuang: vanj
• Wutunhua: wan

Compounds

• 七碗茶
• 丟飯碗／丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
• 五牲看碗
• 供碗
• 大盤大碗／大盘大碗
• 大碗公
• 打破飯碗／打破饭碗
• 打碗頭／打碗头
• 折碗
• 找飯碗／找饭碗
• 搶飯碗／抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
• 泥飯碗／泥饭碗
• 洗碗機／洗碗机 (xǐwǎnjī)
• 海碗 (hǎiwǎn)
• 烘碗機／烘碗机
• 瓷碗 (cíwǎn)
• 瓷飯碗／瓷饭碗
• 白定碗
• 砸飯碗／砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)
• 碗公 (wǎngōng)
• 碗子
• 碗櫥／碗橱 (wǎnchú)
• 碗盤／碗盘 (wǎnpán)
• 碗碗腔
• 碗碟 (wǎndié)
• 碗筷 (wǎnkuài)
• 碗粿 (wǎnguǒ)
• 碗糕 (wǎngāo)
• 碗脫／碗脱
• 碗足兒／碗足儿
• 箸長碗短／箸长碗短
• 紙飯碗／纸饭碗
• 舔碗邊／舔碗边
• 茶碗 (cháwǎn)
• 蓋碗／盖碗 (gàiwǎn)
• 金飯碗／金饭碗
• 鍋碗瓢盆／锅碗瓢盆 (guōwǎnpiáopén)
• 鐵飯碗／铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)
• 電碗／电碗
• 飯碗／饭碗 (fànwǎn)

 

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お碗(わん) (o-wan)

Kanji

碗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. porcelain bowl
2. teacup

Readings

• Go-on: わん (wan)
• Kan-on: わん (wan)
• Kun: こばち (kobachi, 碗)

Compounds

• 茶碗(ちゃわん) (chawan)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
碗
わん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
椀

From Middle Chinese 碗 (MC 'wanX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わん [wàń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝã̠ɴ]

Noun

碗(わん) • (wan) ^{←わん (wan)?}

1. bowl

Usage notes

• 碗 (with the stone radical 石) is preferred for porcelain bowls and the like, while 椀 (with the wood radical 木) is preferred for wood bowls.

Korean

Hanja

碗 (eumhun 사발 완 (sabal wan))

1. Hanja form^? of 완 (“(porcelain) bowl”).

Vietnamese

Han character

碗: Hán Nôm readings: oản, uyển

1. (obsolete) bowl