懇

See also: 恳

懇 U+61C7, 懇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61C7 ← 懆 [U+61C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 懈 → [U+61C8]

Translingual

Han character

懇 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月女心 (BVP), four-corner 2733₃, composition ⿱貇心)

Derived characters

• 𡄩, 𧄅

Related characters

• 恳 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 405, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11326
• Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2358, character 12
• Unihan data for U+61C7

Chinese

trad.		懇
simp.		恳
alternative forms		𢡆 貇 𧩺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěn (ken³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kên³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³
    • Yale: kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keen
    • Palladius: кэнь (kɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kên³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰɛn³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún
    • Tâi-lô: khún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khonX

Rime
Character	懇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	康很切
Baxter	khonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰənX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰənX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰənX/
Li Rong	/kʰənX/
Wang Li	/kʰənX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kěn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	han2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	懇
Reading #	1/1
No.	3931
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	墾
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːnʔ/
Notes	見通俗文

Definitions

懇

1. sincere; earnest; cordial
2. to beg; to request

Compounds

• 乞懇／乞恳
• 勤懇／勤恳 (qínkěn)
• 哀懇／哀恳
• 奉懇／奉恳
• 婚姻懇談／婚姻恳谈
• 情詞懇切／情词恳切
• 懇切／恳切 (kěnqiè)
• 懇到／恳到
• 懇悃／恳悃
• 懇惻／恳恻
• 懇愊／恳愊
• 懇懇／恳恳
• 懇摯／恳挚 (kěnzhì)
• 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇至／恳至
• 懇親／恳亲
• 懇親會／恳亲会
• 懇言／恳言
• 懇託／恳托
• 懇談／恳谈 (kěntán)
• 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 懇辭／恳辞
• 懇願／恳愿 (kěnyuàn)
• 拜懇／拜恳
• 敬懇者／敬恳者
• 精懇／精恳
• 累懇／累恳
• 茲懇者／兹恳者
• 誠懇／诚恳 (chéngkěn)
• 諄懇／谆恳

 

Japanese

Kanji

懇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. earnest, sincere

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねんごろ (nengoro, 懇ろ, Jōyō)^{←ねんごろ (nengoro, 懇ろ, historical)←ねもころ (nemokoro, 懇ろ, ancient)}

Korean

Hanja

懇 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

懇: Hán Nôm readings: khấn

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