黿

See also: 鼋

黿 U+9EFF, 黿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EFF ← 黾 [U+9EFE] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼀 → [U+9F00]

Translingual

Han character

黿 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+4, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一一山山 (MMUU), four-corner 1071₆, composition ⿱元黽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1523, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48261
• Dae Jaweon: page 2059, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4768, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9EFF

Chinese

trad.		黿
simp.		鼋
alternative forms		魭／𱇐 𩵶 𠀻

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 *ŋoːn, *ŋon) : phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) + semantic 黽 (“a kind of frog”).

Etymology

Possibly the same word as 元 (OC *ŋon) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for its etymology. It may be related to 鰲 (OC *ŋaːw, “mythological turtle”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnioe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²
    • Yale: ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
    • Tâi-lô: guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnioe
    • MiniDict: nyoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon, ngwan

Rime
Character	黿	黿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	愚袁切	五丸切
Baxter	ngjwon	ngwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/	/ŋʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/	/ŋwan/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	wán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/, /*ŋon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黿	黿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16118	16147
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	岏	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋoːn/	/*ŋon/

Definitions

黿

1. Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)

   Synonyms: 黿魚／鼋鱼 (yuányú), 癩頭黿／癞头鼋 (làitóuyuán)

2. Alternative form of 蚖

Compounds

• 玄黿／玄鼋
• 癩頭黿／癞头鼋 (làitóuyuán)
• 黿梁
• 黿橋／鼋桥
• 黿魚／鼋鱼 (yuányú)
• 黿鳴鱉應／鼋鸣鳖应
• 黿鼉／鼋鼍
• 黿鼎／鼋鼎

 

Japanese

Kanji

黿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. green sea turtle

Readings

• On (unclassified): げん (gen); がん (gan)
• Kun: あおうみがめ (aoumigame)^{←あをうみがめ (awoumigame, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

黿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

1. big turtle

Vietnamese

Han character

黿: Hán Việt readings: nguyên (愚(ngu)袁(viên)切(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên (“big sea turtle”).