𤔔

See also: 亂

Translingual

Alternative forms

• In the historical Kangxi dictionary, the top component is inverted - 爪 instead of 爫.

Han character

𤔔 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月弓戈月 (BNIB), composition ⿳爫龴⿵冂⿱厶ヌ(G) or ⿳爫龴⿵冂⿱厶又(T))

Derived characters

• 𡡗, 𬯙, 亂(乱), 𤔧, 𢿢, 𢿳, 𤔲, 𭯁, 𤳞, 𬋶, 覶, 辭(辞), 𤕅, 𬋹, 𤕌, 𫬽

Related characters

• 亂 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2036, character 1
• Unihan data for U+24514

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 幺 + 冂 + 𠬪.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𤔔
alternative forms		𠭟 𤔐 𤔒 𤔦 𤔬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luàn (luan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luàn
    • Wade–Giles: luan⁴
    • Yale: lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luann
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwanH

Rime
Character	𤔔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎段切
Baxter	lwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwanH/
Li Rong	/luɑnH/
Wang Li	/luɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤo[n]-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	𤔔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	luàn
Middle Chinese	‹ lwanH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁo[n]-s/
English	disorder, rebellion
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.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 𤔔

1. ^‡ to govern

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C06933

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 𤔔 – see 亂 (“disorderly; chaotic; unstable; volatile; turbulent; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 亂).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00045-017-7