奐

See also: 奂

奐 U+5950, 奐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5950 ← 奏 [U+594F] CJK Unified Ideographs 契 → [U+5951]

Translingual

Han character

奐 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月大 (NBK), four-corner 2743₀, composition ⿳⺈⿵冂八大(G) or ⿳⺈𠔿大(HT) or ⿳⺈⿵冂儿大(JK))

1. be numerous
2. brilliant
3. a surname

Derived characters

• 𠗫, 喚, 𪣷, 𡞵, 𡺌, 愌, 換, 渙, 𪲰, 煥, 𤚙, 瑍, 𦝝, 𬓋, 𥈉, 𫃴, 𧎑, 𬧸, 𨩉, 𩝆, 𫙪, 𡚥, 寏, 瘓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5916
• Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 539, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5950

Chinese

trad.		奐
simp.		奂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
渙	*qʰʷaːds, *qʰʷaːns
瘓	*tqʰʷaːnʔ
喚	*qʰʷaːns
煥	*qʰʷaːns
奐	*qʰʷaːns
寏	*ɢʷaːn
換	*ɢʷaːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷaːns) : abbreviated phonetic 夐 (OC *qʰʷeːns, *qʰʷeŋs) + semantic 廾. Alternatively ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“yurt”) + 廾 (“hands”) a pair of hands opening a yurt door to let in sunlight, hence brilliant. Originally used to represent 換 (OC *ɢʷaːns, “to change; to swap”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴
    • Yale: hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶
    • Yale: wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn
    • Tâi-lô: huàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xwanH

Rime
Character	奐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	火貫切
Baxter	xwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwanH/
Li Rong	/xuɑnH/
Wang Li	/xuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奐
Reading #	1/1
No.	5358
Phonetic component	奐
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	喚
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːns/

Definitions

奐

1. numerous

Compounds

• 伴奐／伴奂 (pànhuàn)
• 奐奐／奂奂
• 奐然／奂然
• 奐衍／奂衍
• 畔奐／畔奂
• 美侖美奐／美仑美奂
• 美奐美輪／美奂美轮
• 美輪美奐／美轮美奂 (měilúnměihuàn)
• 輪奐／轮奂

 

Japanese

Kanji

奐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. clear
2. bright

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: とりかえる (torikaeru); おおきい (ōkī); さかん (sakan)

Korean

Hanja

奐 • (binnal hwan) (hangeul 빛날 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

1. be numerous, brilliant

Vietnamese

Han character

奐: Hán Nôm readings: hoán

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