貫

See also: 贯

貫 U+2F9D4, 貫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9D4 ← 𧲨 [U+2F9D3] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 賁 → [U+2F9D5]

Translingual

Han character

貫 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田十月山金 (WJBUC), four-corner 7780₆, composition ⿱毌貝)

Derived characters

• 慣 實

Descendants

• 贯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3628, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8CAB

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Chinese

trad.		貫
simp.		贯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
毌	*koːn, *koːns
貫	*koːn, *koːns
樌	*koːns
鏆	*koːns
遦	*koːns
慣	*kroːns
摜	*kroːns
瑻	*kuːn
謴	*kuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːn, *koːns) : phonetic 毌 (OC *koːn, *koːns) + semantic 貝 – 毌 may also represent string of coins.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kǹg / kùiⁿ / koàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang³ / guêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
    • Yale: gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǹg
    • Tâi-lô: kǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngx
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/

Note:

• kǹg/kùiⁿ - vernacular;
• koàn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: guang³ / guêng³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuàng / kuèng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ²¹³/, /kueŋ²¹³/

Note:

• guang3 - Shantou;
• guêng3 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: kwan, kwanH

Rime
Character	貫	貫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古丸切	古玩切
Baxter	kwan	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn/	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan/	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn/	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun1	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤo[n]/, /*kˤon-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːn/, /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貫	貫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guàn	guàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwan ›	‹ kwanH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁo[n]/	/*kˁon-s/
English	pass through the center	pass through the center
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	貫	貫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4465	4466
Phonetic component	毌	毌
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːn/	/*koːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 貫

1. a string of one thousand coins
2. to go through
3. one's native place

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7914”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

貫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pierce
2. approximately 3.75 kg (8.33 pounds) (weight)
3. penetrate
4. brace

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• On: わん (wan)
• Kun: つらぬく (tsuranuku, 貫く, Jōyō); ぬき (nuki, 貫); ぬく (nuku, 貫く); ひく (hiku, 貫く)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); つらぬき (tsuranuki); とおる (tōru); ぬき (nuki); やす (yasu)

Counter

貫(かん) or 貫(counter) • (kan or counter) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}[[Category:Japanese
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1. pieces of sushi

Noun

貫(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. an obsolete unit of measure of weight corresponding to 3.75 kilograms
2. an obsolete unit of currency

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Korean

Hanja

貫 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 貫 (quan, quán, quen)

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