鰥

See also: 鳏

Translingual

Han character

鰥 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田中水 (NFWLE) or 弓火田中火 (NFWLF), four-corner 2633₃, composition ⿰魚眔)

1. huge fish
2. widower
3. bachelor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46382
• Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4706, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9C25

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Chinese

trad.		鰥
simp.		鳏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褱	*ɡruːl, *ɡruːl
鰥	*kruːn, *kruːns
嚃	*l̥ʰuːb
眔	*l'uːb
遝	*l'uːb

Etymology

n-nominalization of 寡 (OC *kʷraːʔ, “single; alone”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): 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: gwaan¹
    • Yale: gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwean, kweanH

Rime
Character	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (74)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古頑切	古幻切
Baxter	kwean	kweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛn/	/kˠuɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæn/	/kʷᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæn/	/kuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨn/	/kwəɨnH/
Li Rong	/kuɛn/	/kuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kwæn/	/kwænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăn/	/kwănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1	gwaan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤrə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/, /*kruːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guān	guān
Middle Chinese	‹ kwɛn ›	‹ kwɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/	/*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/
English	widower	a kind of fish
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	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1951	1952
Phonetic component	眔	眔
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鰥	鰥
Old Chinese	/*kruːn/	/*kruːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鰥

1. widower

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Japanese

Kanji

鰥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan), こん (kon)
• Kun: やもお (yamoo), やむ (yamu)

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Korean

Hanja

鰥 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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