槵

槵

槵 U+69F5, 槵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69F5 ← 槴 [U+69F4] CJK Unified Ideographs 槶 → [U+69F6]

Translingual

Han character

槵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木中中心 (DLLP), composition ⿰木患)

References

• KangXi: page 548, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15381
• Dae Jaweon: page 935, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1280, character 3
• Unihan data for U+69F5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		槵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
漶	*ɡoːns
贃	*qroːns
患	*ɡroːns
槵	*ɡroːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴
    • Yale: hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶
    • Yale: waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠuan^H/

Rime
Character	槵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡慣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ɣuanH/
Wang Li	/ɣwanH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	槵
Reading #	1/1
No.	5365
Phonetic component	患
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	患
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːns/
Notes	通用患字

Definitions

槵

1. Sapindus saponaria, a species of deciduous tree whose bark can be used in place of soap, and whose wood can be used to make rosary beads

Synonyms

• 無患子／无患子 (wúhuànzǐ)

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 131

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Japanese

Kanji

槵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: むく (muku, 槵)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 槵 (MC ɦˠuan^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 환〯 (hwǎn) (Yale: hwan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

槵 (eumhun 무환자나무 환 (muhwanjanamu hwan))

1. Hanja form^? of 환 (“Sapindus saponaria”).

References

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