礬

See also: 矾

礬 U+792C, 礬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-792C ← 礫 [U+792B] CJK Unified Ideographs 礭 → [U+792D]

Translingual

Han character

礬 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 木木大一口 (DDKMR), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱樊石)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24573
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2462, character 11
• Unihan data for U+792C

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Chinese

trad.		礬
simp.		矾
alternative forms		𥖎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攀	*pʰraːn
襻	*pʰraːns
棥	*ban
礬	*ban
樊	*ban
蠜	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ban) : phonetic 樊 (OC *ban) + semantic 石 (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ / faan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán
    • Wade–Giles: fan²
    • Yale: fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ / faan⁶
    • Yale: fàahn / faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ / faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ / fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/, /faːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
    • Tâi-lô: huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	礬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礬
Reading #	1/1
No.	2940
Phonetic component	棥
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 礬

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References

• “礬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

礬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)

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Korean

Hanja

礬 • (ban) (hangeul 반)

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Vietnamese

Han character

礬: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phèn

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