可汗

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Chinese

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(可汗)
alternative forms 可寒 archaic
合罕 archaic
abbreviation
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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Mongolic or Turkic language; compare Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) and Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). First attested at around the 3rd century.

The first character, , was likely not originally read with the checked coda -k.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Initial () (29) (33)
Final () (94) (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter khaX han
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑX/ /ɦɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑX/ /ɦɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑX/ /ɣɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰaX/ /ɦan/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑX/ /ɣɑn/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑX/ /ɣɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑX/ /ɣɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho2 hon4

Noun

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可汗

  1. khagan; khan (Classifier: m c)