莞

Translingual

Han character

莞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿十一山 (TJMU) or 難廿十一山 (XTJMU), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹完)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31063
• Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3225, character 5
• Unihan data for U+839E

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Chinese

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞
alternative forms		𦺊 𦸌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ / gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun¹ / gwaan¹
    • Yale: gūn / gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ / gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ / guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵/, /kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwan, hwan

Rime
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古丸切	胡官切
Baxter	kwan	hwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn/	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn/	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan/	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun1	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kŋoːn/, /*ɦŋoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	16108	16127
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	桓
Old Chinese	/*kŋoːn/	/*ɦŋoːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莞

1. ^† a type of long-stem watergrass, possibly the softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) or Shichito matgrass ()
2. ^† mat woven using this kind of grass
3. a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³
    • Yale: gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun²
    • Yale: gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莞

1. Short for 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn, “Dongguan (ancient commandery and modern city)”).

Etymology 3

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞
alternative forms		莧／苋 唍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵

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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
    • Yale: wúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaenX

Rime
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
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): /*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
No.	16140
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	睆
Old Chinese	/*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莞

1. ^† smiling

Etymology 4

trad.		莞
simp. #		莞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵

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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
    • Yale: wúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莞

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 脘 (wǎn, “gastric cavity”).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 莞 – see 豌. (This character is a variant form of 豌).

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Japanese

Kanji

莞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: い (i); むしろ (mushiro); わらう (warau)

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Korean

Hanja

莞 • (gwan, wan) (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莞: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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