悍

悍

悍 U+608D, 悍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-608D ← 悌 [U+608C] CJK Unified Ideographs 悎 → [U+608E]

Translingual

Han character

悍 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心日一十 (PAMJ), four-corner 9604₁, composition ⿰忄旱)

Derived characters

• 𫺥

References

• KangXi: page 387, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10643
• Dae Jaweon: page 719, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2304, character 2
• Unihan data for U+608D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		悍
alternative forms		猂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàn (han⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁶, hon⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): hān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴
    • Yale: hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁶, hon⁵
    • Yale: hohn, hóhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁶, hon⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁶, hon⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²²/, /hɔːn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān
    • Tâi-lô: hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: han
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /han²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑn^H/

Rime
Character	悍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	侯旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦanH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑnH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悍
Reading #	1/1
No.	3626
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	翰
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːns/

Definitions

悍

1. brave; bold
2. fierce; ferocious
3. vigorous; valiant

Compounds

刁悍 剽悍 (piāohàn) 勇夫悍卒 勇悍 (yǒnghàn) 悍妒 悍室 悍戾 悍梗 悍然 (hànrán) 慓悍 (piàohàn)

短小精悍 (duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn) 矮小精悍 精悍 (jīnghàn) 精悍短小 雕悍 凶悍 (xiōnghàn) 強悍／强悍 (qiánghàn) 悍婦／悍妇 (hànfù) 悍將／悍将 悍然不顧／悍然不顾

悍藥／悍药 悍賊／悍贼 潑悍／泼悍 獷悍／犷悍 趫悍／𰷶悍 驃悍／骠悍 (piàohàn) 驍悍／骁悍 鵰悍／雕悍 鷙悍／鸷悍 (zhìhàn)

References

• “悍”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

悍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: おぞましい (ozomashī, 悍ましい); あらい (arai, 悍い); たけし (takeshi, 悍し)
• Nanori: たけし (takeshi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
悍
かん Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 悍 (MC ɦɑn^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

悍(かん) • (kan) 

1. ferocious; fierce

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Korean

Hanja

悍 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

悍: Hán Nôm readings: hãn

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