虷

Translingual

Han character

虷 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一十 (LIMJ), four-corner 5114₀, composition ⿰虫干)

1. worm

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32823
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2834, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8677

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		虷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gān, hán (gan¹, han²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ, ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ / hon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gan
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
    • Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hán
    • Wade–Giles: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gon¹ / hon⁴
    • Yale: gōn / hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ / hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ / hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵/, /hɔːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: han

Rime
Character	虷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡安切
Baxter	han
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦan/
Li Rong	/ɣɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虷
Reading #	1/1
No.	3613
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寒
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːn/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

虷

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. worm

Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: ぼうふら (bōfura, 虷)^{←ばうふら (baufura, 虷, historical)}