斡

斡

斡 U+65A1, 斡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65A1 ← 斠 [U+65A0] CJK Unified Ideographs 斢 → [U+65A2]

Translingual

Han character

斡 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十人卜十 (JJOYJ), four-corner 4844₀, composition ⿸龺⿱人斗)

References

• KangXi: page 478, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13522
• Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2255, character 7
• Unihan data for U+65A1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		斡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乾	*kaːn, *ɡran
漧	*kaːn
倝	*kaːns
榦	*kaːns
韓	*ɡaːn
鶾	*ɡaːn
翰	*ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
瀚	*ɡaːns
螒	*ɡaːns
雗	*ɡaːns
斡	*qʷaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷaːd) : phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 斗.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vat
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍t / oat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uêg⁴ / uag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat³
    • Yale: waat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vat
    • Hakka Romanization System: vad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /vat̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t / oat
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍t / uat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oat, oad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚²⁴/, /uat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴/, /uat̚³²/

Note:

• oa̍t - vernacular (“to turn”, often written as 越);
• oat - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uêg⁴ / uag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uek / uak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uek̚²/, /uak̚²/

Note:

• uêg4 - Chaozhou;
• uag4 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔuɑt̚/

Rime
Character	斡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	桓 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏括切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/uɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3710
Phonetic component	倝
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	斡
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːd/

Definitions

斡

1. to revolve; to spin; to rotate
2. a surname: Wo
3. (Min Nan, Taiwanese Hakka) to change direction; to turn

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
	Penang (Guangfu)	轉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斡
Min Nan	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

Compounds

挑茶斡刺 掀天斡地 掠脂斡肉 斡旋 (wòxuán)

從中斡旋／从中斡旋 斡運／斡运 斡離不／斡离不 斡難河／斡难河

調三斡四／调三斡四 迴斡／回斡 達斡爾族／达斡尔族 (Dáwò'ěrzú)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 斡 – see 管 (“to take control of; to be in charge of”). (This character, 斡, is a variant form of 管.)

References

• “斡”, 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

斡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. go around
2. rule
3. administer

Readings

• Go-on: わち (wachi)
• Kan-on: わつ (watsu)
• Kan’yō-on: あつ (atsu)
• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru, 斡る)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 斡 (MC ʔuɑt̚).

Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: qwalq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 알〮 (ál) (Yale: al) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource斡 (eumhun 돌 알 (dol al))

1. Hanja form^? of 알 (“spin”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 알선 (斡旋, alseon)
• 알선죄 (斡旋罪, alseonjoe)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

斡: Hán Nôm readings: oát

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References

• Nom Foundation