愿

愿

See also: 願

愿 U+613F, 愿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-613F ← 愾 [U+613E] CJK Unified Ideographs 慀 → [U+6140]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

愿 (radical 61, 心+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一火心 (MFP), four-corner 7133₉, composition ⿸原心(G) or ⿱原心(HTJKV))

Derived characters

• 𨆸, 𩕮

References

• KangXi: page 397, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11030
• Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2333, character 10
• Unihan data for U+613F

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (原) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
羱	*ŋʷaːn, *ŋʷan
豲	*ɦŋʷaːn
謜	*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *ŋʷan
縓	*sŋ̊ʰʷan, *sŋ̊ʰʷans
原	*ŋʷan
源	*ŋʷan
厵	*ŋʷan
嫄	*ŋʷan
騵	*ŋʷan
榞	*ŋʷan
獂	*ŋʷan
蒝	*ŋʷan
願	*ŋʷans
傆	*ŋʷans
愿	*ŋʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋʷans) : phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 愿 – see 願 (“to desire; to want: to wish; ambition”). (This character, 愿, is the simplified form of 願.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuàn (yuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): nyoe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuann
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶
    • Yale: yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyoe (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋʉɐn^H/▼

Rime
Character	愿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚怨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuanH/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愿
Reading #	1/1
No.	16198
Phonetic component	原
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	願
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷans/

Definitions

愿

1. honest and prudent

Compounds

鄉愿／乡愿 (xiāngyuàn)

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Japanese

Kanji

愿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げん (gen)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

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Korean

Hanja

愿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

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