管

Translingual

Han character

管 (radical 118 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口口 (HJRR), four-corner 8877₇, composition ⿱⺮官)

References

• KangXi: page 889, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26162
• Dae Jaweon: page 1316, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2986, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7BA1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón
• Min Nan (POJ): kńg / koán / kóng / kún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kuan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun²
    • Yale: gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
    • IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon³
    • IPA: /kon³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kńg / koán / kóng / kún
    • Tâi-lô: kńg / kuán / kóng / kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngr, koarn, korng, kuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁵³/, /kuan⁵³/, /kɔŋ⁵³/, /kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍⁵³/, /kuan⁵³/, /kɔŋ⁵³/, /kun⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑn^X/▼

Rime
Character	管
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古滿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanX/
Li Rong	/kuɑnX/
Wang Li	/kuɑnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ/, /*kʷˤa[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːnʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	管	管	管
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎn	guǎn	guǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwanX ›	‹ kwanX ›	‹ kwanX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ/	/*kʷˤa[n]ʔ/	/*kʷˤa[n]ʔ/
English	tube; flute	exhausted, helpless	helpless
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	管
Reading #	1/1
No.	4440
Phonetic component	官
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	管
Old Chinese	/*koːnʔ/

Noun

管

1. pipe, tube, duct

   吸管  ―  xīguǎn  ―  straw

2. (instrument) a cylindrical double reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood

Verb

管

1. to manage, to control

   管理  ―  guǎnlǐ  ―  to manage

Compounds

• 管扳子
• 管保
• 管不了
• 管不著
• 管不住
• 管材
• 管道 (guǎndào)
• 管段
• 管飯／管饭
• 管風琴／管风琴 (guǎnfēngqín)
• 管夠／管够
• 管工
• 管轄／管辖 (guǎnxiá)
• 管家 (guǎnjiā)
• 管家婆
• 管見／管见
• 管見所及／管见所及
• 管教 (guǎnjiào)
• 管界
• 管勁／管劲
• 管井
• 管理 (guǎnlǐ)
• 管路
• 管片, 管片兒／管片儿
• 管鉗子／管钳子
• 管區／管区 (guǎnqū)
• 管事
• 管束 (guǎnshù)
• 管弦樂／管弦乐 (guǎnxiányuè)
• 管弦樂團／管弦乐团 (guǎnxián yuètuán)
• 管線／管线
• 管押
• 管用 (guǎnyòng)
• 管樂器／管乐器
• 管子 (guǎnzi)
• 管自
• 管賬／管账
• 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• 管制站
• 管中窺豹／管中窥豹
• 薩克斯管／萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji

管

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: かん (kan), (historical) くわん (kwan)
• Kan’on: かん (kan), (historical) くわん (kwan)
• Kun: くだ (kuda)

Noun

管 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji kan, historical hiragana くわん)

1. pipe
2. a wind instrument

管 ‎(hiragana くだ, romaji kuda)

1. pipe

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Korean

Hanja

管 • ‎(gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

管 (quản)

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