宛

宛	U+5B9B, 宛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9B

← 定
[U+5B9A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

宜 →
[U+5B9C]

Translingual

Han character

宛 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十弓戈山 (JNIU), four-corner 3021₂, composition ⿱宀夗)

Derived characters

婉, 腕, 椀, 碗, 蜿, 涴

References

KangXi: page 284, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7110
Dae Jaweon: page 561, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 922, character 5
Unihan data for U+5B9B

Chinese

trad.		宛
simp. ^#		宛

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 *qon, *qonʔ) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 夗 (OC *qonʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun², wun²
Min Nan (POJ): oán

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun², wun²
  - Yale: yún, wún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn², wun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun², wun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵/, /wuːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán
  - Tâi-lô: uán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔʉɐn^X/

Rime
Character	宛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於阮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn^X/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwon^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]o[r]ʔ/
English	curved; to bend
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宛
Reading #	2/2
No.	16297
Phonetic component	夗
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	婉
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/

Definitions

宛

as if; seem
crooked; winding
a surname

Synonyms

(as if):

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Synonyms of 宛

不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
似 (sì) (Classical Chinese, Cantonese)
似乎 (sìhū)
似如 (Xiang)
像 (xiàng)
像是 (xiàngshì)
好似 (hǎosì)
好像 (hǎoxiàng)
好比 (hǎobǐ)
如同 (rútóng)
宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
就像 (jiùxiàng)
忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
恍若 (huǎngruò)
敢若 (Min Nan)

敢若是 (Min Nan)
有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
甲像 (Min Nan)
甲像是 (Min Nan)
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看似 (kànsì)
若 (ruò) (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
若像 (Min Nan)
表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
象 (xiàng)
貌似 (màosì)
像係／像系 (Hakka)
儼如／俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)
儼若／俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
勝如／胜如 (Wu)

彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
猶似／犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
猶像／犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
猶如／犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
甲親像／甲亲像 (Min Nan)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
若親像／若亲像 (Min Nan)
親像／亲像 (Hakka, Min Nan)
賽可／赛可 (Ningbo)
較像／较像 (Min Nan)
較像是／较像是 (Min Nan)
較親像／较亲像 (Min Nan)
顯得／显得 (xiǎnde)
𣍐輸／𫧃输 (bē-su) (Min Nan)

Compounds

女宗宛在
委宛
宛丘
宛如 (wǎnrú)
宛妙
宛宛

宛延
宛然 (wǎnrán)
宛若 (wǎnruò)
小宛
立陶宛 (Lìtáowǎn)
音容宛在

宛若游龍／宛若游龙
宛轉／宛转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
宛轉周折／宛转周折
聲容宛在／声容宛在
英風宛在／英风宛在

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹
  - Yale: ywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹
  - Yale: yūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʔʉɐn/

Rime
Character	宛
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宛
Reading #	1/2
No.	16284
Phonetic component	夗
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	鴛
Old Chinese	/*qon/

Definitions

宛

(～縣) (historical) Yuan (a county of ancient China, established in the Qin dynasty)

Compounds

大宛 (Dàyuān)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǔn, yùn (yun³, yun⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˇ, ㄩㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǔn
  - Wade–Giles: yün³
  - Yale: yǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
  - Wade–Giles: yün⁴
  - Yale: yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹/

Definitions

宛

^† Alternative form of 蘊／蕴 (yùn, “to accumulate”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/

Definitions

宛

^† Alternative form of 鬱／郁 (yù, “to be pent-up”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
  - Yale: ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
  - Palladius: юэ (jue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

宛

^† Alternative form of 黦 (yuè, “yellowish black”).

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 宛 – see 豌. (This character, 宛, is the second-round simplified form of 豌.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

宛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

address
just like

Readings

Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
Kan-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
Kun: あてる (ateru, 宛てる, Jōyō); あたかも (atakamo, 宛も); あて (ate, 宛); ずつ (zutsu, 宛)^{←づつ (dutu, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宛
えん Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 宛 (MC ʔʉɐn^X).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Affix

宛(えん) • (en) ^{←ゑん (wen)^?}

as if; just like
crooked; winding

Derived terms

宛然(えんぜん) (enzen)
宛転(えんてん) (enten)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宛
あて Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宛 – see the following entry.

【あて】	[noun] aim; object; end [noun] hope; expectation; something to rely or depend upon [noun] pad; cushion; something added for protection [noun] snack to have with drink [suffix] per [suffix] 宛, 宛て: (addressed) to Alternative spellings 当て, 宛, 宛て

(This term, 宛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

宛 • (wan, won) (hangeul 완, 원, revised wan, won, McCune–Reischauer wan, wŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宛: Hán Nôm readings: uyển, uốn

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