侃

侃	U+4F83, 侃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F83

← 侂
[U+4F82]

CJK Unified Ideographs

侄 →
[U+4F84]

Translingual

Han character

侃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹山 (ORHU), four-corner 2621₀, composition ⿰亻⿱口𫶧)

upright and strong
amiable

Derived characters

諐

References

KangXi: page 101, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 577

Dae Jaweon: page 214, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 3

Unihan data for U+4F83

Chinese

trad.		侃
simp. ^#		侃
alternative forms		偘 literary senses 砍 to chat

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侃

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Bronze inscriptions**
b15667	b15668	b15669	b15670	b15671	b15672	b15673	b15674
b15675	b15676

**Small seal script**
s08420

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L15847	L15848

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
諐	*kʰran
侃	kʰaːnʔ, kʰaːns
偘	*kʰaːns

Multiple explanations. Most consider the character an Ideogrammic compound (會意) .

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎn (kan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khán
(Teochew, Peng'im): kang² / kang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan³
  - Yale: kǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
  - Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon²
  - Yale: hón
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khán
  - Tâi-lô: khán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qarn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang² / kang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháng / khàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵²/, /kʰaŋ²¹³/

Note: kang3 - alternative reading.

Middle Chinese: /kʰɑn^X/, /kʰɑn^H/

Rime
Character	侃	侃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	空旱切	苦旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰan^X/	/kʰan^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑn^X/	/kʰɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎn	kàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon²	hon³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːnʔ/, /*kʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侃	侃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7350	7351
Phonetic component	侃	侃
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	侃	侃
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːnʔ/	/*kʰaːns/

Definitions

侃

(literary) upright; outspoken; straightforward
(literary) harmonious and happy; congenial
to boast; to tease
(dialectal) to chat

Compounds

侃侃 (kǎnkǎn)
侃大山 (kǎn dàshān)
侃快
侃然
侃直

浪侃
胡侃
侃侃而談／侃侃而谈 (kǎnkǎn'értán)
侃侃諤諤／侃侃谔谔
侃兒／侃儿

侃樂／侃乐
侃爾／侃尔
調侃／调侃 (tiáokǎn)
讜論侃侃／谠论侃侃
陶侃運甓／陶侃运甓

Japanese

Kanji

侃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Go-on: かん (kan)
Kan-on: かん (kan)
Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 侃い)

Compounds

侃(かん)々(かん)諤(がく)々(がく) (kankan gakugaku)
侃(かん)直(ちょく) (kanchoku)

Korean

Hanja

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

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