芄

Translingual

Han character

芄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿大弓戈 (TKNI), four-corner 4451₇, composition ⿱艹丸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1017, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30663
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3177, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8284

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Chinese

trad.		芄
simp. #		芄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wán
    • Wade–Giles: wan²
    • Yale: wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwan

Rime
Character	芄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡官切
Baxter	hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤa[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	芄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wán
Middle Chinese	‹ hwan ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁa[r]/
English	Metaplexis japonica
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	芄
Reading #	1/1
No.	12610
Phonetic component	丸
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	桓
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芄

1. Only used in 芄蘭／芄兰.

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Japanese

Kanji

芄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan), がん (gan)
• Kun: ががいも (gagaimo)