洹

洹

洹 U+6D39, 洹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D39 ← 洸 [U+6D38] CJK Unified Ideographs 洺 → [U+6D3A]

Translingual

Han character

洹 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水一日一 (EMAM), four-corner 3111₆, composition ⿰氵亘)

Derived characters

• 𬕠

References

• KangXi: page 622, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17421
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D39

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		洹
alternative forms		𣵨 𣷻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
烜	*qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ
貆	*qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon
峘	*ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ
狟	*ɡoːn
絙	*ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ
荁	*ɡoːn
宣	*sqʰon
咺	*qʰonʔ
暅	*qʰonʔ
桓	*ɡʷaːn
洹	*ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan
揎	*sqʰʷan
愃	*sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
瑄	*sqʰʷan
渲	*sqʰʷans
喧	*qʰʷan
萱	*qʰʷan
暄	*qʰʷan
諠	*qʰʷan
翧	*qʰʷan
蝖	*qʰʷan
垣	*ɢʷan
楦	*qʰʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 亘 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huán (huan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴, jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huán
    • Wade–Giles: huan²
    • Yale: hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁴, jyun⁴
    • Yale: wùhn, yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴, jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴, yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹/, /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉɐn/, /ɦuɑn/

Rime
Character	洹	洹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	雨元切	胡官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐn/	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐn/	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐn/	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuan/	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐn/	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐn/	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐn/	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːn/, /*ɢʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洹	洹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14005	14018
Phonetic component	亘	亘
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	桓	袁
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːn/	/*ɢʷan/

Definitions

洹

1. (～水, ～河) Huan River in Henan province

   Synonym: 安陽河／安阳河

2. (literary) Used in 洹洹 (“magnificent appearance of flowing water”).
3. (Buddhism) Used in 須陀洹／须陀洹 (Sotāpanna).

Compounds

洹水 洹河

洹洹

須陀洹／须陀洹

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Japanese

Kanji

洹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); おん (on); かん (kan); がん (gan)
• Nanori: わたる (wataru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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