寬
See also: 宽 and 寛
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Translingual
| Traditional | 寬 |
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| Shinjitai | 寛 |
| Simplified | 宽 |
Alternative forms
- In Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the component above 萈 is written with ⻀ (ram's horn component), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
- In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing, 新字形), the component above 萈 is written with 艹 (grass radical).
Han character
寬 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+12 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 宀+11 in mainland China, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 十廿月戈 (JTBI), four-corner 30216, composition ⿱宀萈 or ⿳宀艹⿷見丶(G) or ⿳宀⻀⿷見丶(HTJKV))
Usage notes
This character is not to be confused with 寛 (U+5BDB), a Japanese shinjitai character, which has one dot missing and is encoded as a separate character.
Derived characters
- 𫣷, 𡂷, 𡒵, 𢸎, 臗(𣎑), 𣟂, 𦆼, 𦒨, 𦪻, 鑧, 髖(髋), 𡬘
Related characters
- 寛 (Japanese shinjitai, also a variant form)
- 宽 (Simplified Chinese)
References
- KangXi: page 292, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7322
- Dae Jaweon: page 578, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 947, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5BEC
Chinese
| trad. | 寬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 宽 | |
| alternative forms | 寛 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (萈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 寬 | *kʰoːn |
| 髖 | *kʰoːn, *kʰuːn |
| 萈 | *ɡoːn |
| 臗 | *kʰuːn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰoːn) : semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 萈 (OC *ɡoːn, “goat”)—a spacious house.
See also 家.
Pronunciation
Definitions
寬
- wide; broad
- 這條新修的馬路很寬。 [MSC, trad.]
- Zhè tiáo xīn xiū de mǎlù hěn kuān. [Pinyin]
- This newly constructed road is wide.
这条新修的马路很宽。 [MSC, simp.]- Antonym: 窄 (zhǎi)
- width
- 中國國旗的寬是長的三分之二。 [MSC, trad.]
- Zhōngguó guóqí de kuān shì cháng de sān fēn zhī èr. [Pinyin]
- The width of a Chinese flag is two-thirds its length.
中国国旗的宽是长的三分之二。 [MSC, simp.]- 河面有二十米寬。／河面有二十米宽。 ― Hémiàn yǒu èrshí mǐ kuān. ― The river surface is 20 metres wide.
- generous; magnanimous; lenient
- to relax; to relieve
- comfortably off; well-off
- to take off
- 寬衣／宽衣 ― kuānyī ― to take off one's clothes
- (Min Nan) slow
- 寬寬仔／宽宽仔 [Hokkien] ― khoan-khoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― slowly
- 寬寬行／宽宽行 [Teochew] ― kuan1 kuan1 gian5 [Peng'im] ― walk slowly
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 寬 (“wide; broad”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 寬 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 寬 |
| Taiwan | 寬 | |
| Harbin | 寬 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 寬 | |
| Jinan | 寬 | |
| Luoyang | 寬 | |
| Wanrong | 寬 | |
| Xi'an | 寬 | |
| Xining | 寬 | |
| Ürümqi | 寬 | |
| Wuhan | 寬 | |
| Chengdu | 寬 | |
| Guiyang | 寬 | |
| Liuzhou | 寬 | |
| Xuzhou | 寬 | |
| Yangzhou | 寬, 闊 | |
| Nanjing | 寬 | |
| Hefei | 闊 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 闊 |
| Hong Kong | 闊 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 闊 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 闊 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 闊 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 闊 | |
| Macau | 闊 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 闊 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 闊 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 闊 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 闊 | |
| Foshan | 闊 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 闊 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 闊 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 闊 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 闊 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 闊 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 闊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 闊 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 闊 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 闊 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 闊 | |
| Taishan | 闊 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 闊 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 闊 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 闊 | |
| Dongguan | 闊 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 闊 | |
| Qingyuan | 闊 | |
| Fogang | 闊 | |
| Yingde (Hanguang) | 闊 | |
| Yangshan | 闊 | |
| Lianshan (Butian) | 闊 | |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 闊 | |
| Shaoguan | 闊 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 闊 | |
| Renhua | 闊 | |
| Lechang | 闊 | |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 闊 | |
| Sihui | 闊 | |
| Guangning | 寬 | |
| Deqing | 闊 | |
| Huaiji | 闊 | |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 闊 | |
| Yunfu | 闊 | |
| Xinxing | 闊 | |
| Luoding | 闊 | |
| Yunan (Pingtai) | 闊 | |
| Yangjiang | 闊 | |
| Xinyi | 闊 | |
| Lianjiang | 闊 | |
| Nanning | 闊 | |
| Wuzhou | 闊 | |
| Yulin | 闊 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 闊 | |
| Guiping | 闊 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 闊 | |
| Guigang (Nanjiang) | 闊 | |
| Beiliu (Tangliao) | 闊 | |
| Baise | 闊 | |
| Bobai | 闊 | |
| Lingshan | 闊 | |
| Pubei | 闊 | |
| Qinzhou | 闊 | |
| Beihai | 闊 | |
| Ningming | 闊 | |
| Hengxian | 闊 | |
| Hezhou (Pumen) | 闊 | |
| Danzhou | 闊 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 闊 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 寬, 闊 |
| Lichuan | 寬, 闊 | |
| Pingxiang | 闊 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 闊 |
| Xingning | 闊 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 闊 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 闊 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 闊 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 闊 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 闊 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 闊 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 闊 | |
| Wengyuan | 闊 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 闊 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 闊 | |
| Liannan | 闊 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 闊 | |
| Jiexi | 闊 | |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 闊 | |
| Changting | 闊 | |
| Wuping | 闊 | |
| Wuping (Yanqian) | 闊 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 闊 | |
| Liancheng | 闊 | |
| Ninghua | 闊, 寬 | |
| Yudu | 寬, 闊 | |
| Ningdu | 闊 | |
| Ruijin | 闊 | |
| Shicheng | 闊 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 闊 | |
| Tonggu (Sandu) | 闊 | |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) | 寬 | |
| Dayu | 闊 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 闊 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 闊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 闊 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 闊 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 闊 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 闊 | |
| Hong Kong | 闊 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 闊 | |
| Luchuan | 闊 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 闊 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 闊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 寬 |
| Xinzhou | 寬 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 闊 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 闊, 寬 |
| Changle | 闊 | |
| Fuqing | 闊 | |
| Yongtai | 闊 | |
| Gutian | 闊 | |
| Fu'an | 闊 | |
| Ningde | 闊 | |
| Shouning | 闊 | |
| Zhouning | 闊 | |
| Fuding | 闊 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 闊 |
| Quanzhou | 闊 | |
| Zhangzhou | 闊 | |
| Taipei | 闊 | |
| Kaohsiung | 闊 | |
| Yilan | 闊 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 闊 | |
| Taichung | 闊 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 闊 | |
| Tainan | 闊 | |
| Taitung | 闊 | |
| Hsinchu | 闊 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 闊 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 闊 | |
| Chaozhou | 寬 | |
| Shantou | 闊, 寬 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 闊 | |
| Jieyang | 闊, 寬 | |
| Haifeng | 闊 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 闊 | |
| Haikou | 闊 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 闊 |
| Suzhou | 闊 | |
| Danyang | 寬, 闊 | |
| Hangzhou | 闊 | |
| Ningbo | 闊 | |
| Wenzhou | 闊 | |
| Jinhua | 闊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寬, 闊 |
| Shuangfeng | 寬, 闊 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Dialectal synonyms of 慢 (“slow”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 慢, 緩慢 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 慢 |
| Taiwan | 慢 | |
| Jinan | 慢 | |
| Xi'an | 慢 | |
| Wuhan | 慢 | |
| Chengdu | 慢 | |
| Yangzhou | 慢 | |
| Hefei | 慢 | |
| Malaysia | 慢 | |
| Singapore | 慢 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 慢, 嚤 |
| Hong Kong | 慢, 嚤 | |
| Yangjiang | 慢 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 慢 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 慢 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 慢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 慢 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 慢 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 慢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 慢 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 慢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 慢 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 慢 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 慢 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 慢 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 慢 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 慢 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 慢 |
| Quanzhou | 慢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 慢 | |
| Taipei | 慢 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 慢 | |
| Kaohsiung | 慢 | |
| Yilan | 慢 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 慢 | |
| Taichung | 慢 | |
| Tainan | 慢 | |
| Hsinchu | 慢 | |
| Kinmen | 慢 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 慢 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 慢 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 慢 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 慢 | |
| Chaozhou | 慢 | |
| Shantou | 慢 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 慢 | |
| Wenchang | 慢 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 慢 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 慢 |
| Ningbo | 慢, 緩 | |
| Wenzhou | 慢 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 慢 |
| Shuangfeng | 慢 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 寬
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 寛 |
Kyūjitai | 寬 |
Kanji
寬
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 寛)
- tolerant; lenient; generous
Readings
- On (unclassified): かん (kan)
- Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 寬い); ゆるやか (yuruyaka, 寬やか); くつろぐ (kutsurogu, 寬ぐ)
Korean
Hanja
寬 (eumhun 너그러울 관 (neogeureoul gwan))
- Hanja form? of 관 (“broad, wide, spacious”).
Vietnamese
Han character
寬: Hán Nôm readings: khoan, khoăn
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