琬

琬 U+742C, 琬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742C ← 琫 [U+742B] CJK Unified Ideographs 琭 → [U+742D]

Translingual

Han character

琬 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十弓山 (MGJNU), four-corner 1311₂, composition ⿰𤣩宛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21069
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 1
• Unihan data for U+742C

Chinese

trad.		琬
simp. #		琬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涴	*qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ
埦	*qoːn
豌	*qoːn
剜	*qoːn
眢	*qoːn, *qon
蜿	*qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ
帵	*qoːn
碗	*qoːnʔ
椀	*qoːnʔ
盌	*qoːnʔ
腕	*qoːns
惋	*qoːns
捥	*qoːns
睕	*qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd
琬	*qoːns, *qonʔ
鴛	*quːn, *qon
鵷	*qon
惌	*qon, *qonʔ
宛	*qon, *qonʔ
怨	*qon, *qons
葾	*qon
夗	*qonʔ
婉	*qonʔ
菀	*qonʔ, *qud
苑	*qonʔ, *qons
踠	*qonʔ
畹	*qonʔ, *qons
倇	*qonʔ
晼	*qonʔ
黦	*qod, *qod, *qud
焥	*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːns, *qonʔ) : semantic 玉 + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³
    • Yale: wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun²
    • Yale: yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwonX, 'wanH

Rime
Character	琬	琬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於阮切	烏貫切
Baxter	'jwonX	'wanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐnX/	/ʔuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐnX/	/ʔʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ʔuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuanX/	/ʔwanH/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐnX/	/ʔuɑnH/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐnX/	/uɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐnX/	/ʔuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun2	wun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːns/, /*qonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琬	琬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16279	16296
Phonetic component	夗	夗
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	惋	婉
Old Chinese	/*qoːns/	/*qonʔ/

Definitions

琬

1. (literary) rounded jade tablet
2. jade with soft lustre
3. fine jade

Compounds

• 琬圭
• 琬琰 (wǎnyǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

琬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. the virtue of a gentleman
2. jade

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); おん (on); わん (wan)

Korean

Hanja

琬 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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