灌

See also: 潅

灌	U+704C, 灌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-704C

← 灋
[U+704B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

灍 →
[U+704D]

Translingual

Han character

灌 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+18 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 水+17 in mainland China and Japanese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 20 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 水廿口土 (ETRG), four-corner 3411₄, composition ⿰氵雚)

Derived characters

𪈸, 𫕷

References

KangXi: page 662, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18759
Dae Jaweon: page 1071, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1786, character 13
Unihan data for U+704C

Chinese

trad.		灌
simp. ^#		灌
2nd round simp.		浂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觀	koːn, koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	koːns, kroːns
懽	koːns, qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	qʰoːn, qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	kʰonʔ, kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːns) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kon
Min Bei (KCR): go̤̿ng
Min Dong (BUC): guáng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): koàn
(Teochew, Peng'im): guang³ / guêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
  - Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
  - Yale: gwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
  - Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun³
  - Yale: gun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kon
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kon⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: go̤̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
  - Tâi-lô: kuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang³ / guêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuàng / kuèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ²¹³/, /kueŋ²¹³/

Note:

guang3 - Shantou;
guêng3 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: /kuɑn^H/

Rime
Character	灌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古玩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan^H/
Li Rong	/kuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kuɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.qʷ]ˤar-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*koːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	灌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.qʷ]ˁar-s/
English	pour, drip
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灌
Reading #	1/1
No.	4478
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːns/

Definitions

灌

to fill (with liquid); to pour
to irrigate; to water
to record (music)
灌唱片 ― guàn chàngpiàn ― to make a record
(Taiwan) to install (software)

Synonyms

(to irrigate):

edit

浸灌 (jìnguàn)

灌溉 (guàngài)

澆灌／浇灌 (jiāoguàn)

Compounds

Derived terms from 灌

倒灌 (dàoguàn)
冬灌
半灌木
如雷灌耳 (rú léi guàn ěr)
排灌
提灌
春灌
海水倒灌
淹灌
漫灌
灌口二郎
灌唱片
灌救
灌木 (guànmù)
灌水 (guànshuǐ)
灌溉 (guàngài)
灌溉工程
灌溉渠
灌灌

灌酒
灌醉 (guànzuì)
灌音
自流灌溉
莽灌夫
灌注 (guànzhù)
灌注器 (guànzhùqì)
叢灌／丛灌
噴灑灌溉／喷洒灌溉
如湯灌雪／如汤灌雪
抱甕灌圃／抱瓮灌圃
溝灌／沟灌 (gōuguàn)
潛灌／潜灌
澆灌／浇灌 (jiāoguàn)
灌區／灌区
灌園食力／灌园食力
灌夫罵坐／灌夫骂坐
灌滌／灌涤
灌漿／灌浆

灌瓜之義／灌瓜之义
灌籃／灌篮 (guànlán)
灌精兒／灌精儿
灌腸／灌肠 (guàncháng)
灌膿／灌脓
灌輸／灌输 (guànshū)
灌迷湯／灌迷汤
灌錄／灌录 (guànlù)
灌頂／灌顶 (guàndǐng)
灌香腸／灌香肠
灌黃湯／灌黄汤
畦溝灌溉／畦沟灌溉
盤灌法／盘灌法
絳灌／绛灌
罵坐灌夫／骂坐灌夫
負壺灌區／负壶灌区
輪流灌溉／轮流灌溉
醍醐灌頂／醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)
錄灌／录灌

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	潅
Kyūjitai	灌

Kanji

灌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 潅)

to pour

Readings

Go-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}; がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 灌ぐ)

Compounds

灌(かん)域(いき) (kan'iki)
灌(かん)園(えん) (kan'en)
灌(かん)漑(がい) (kangai)
灌(かん)灌(かん) (kankan)
灌(かん)所(じょ) (kanjo)
灌(かん)頂(じょう) (kanjō)
灌(かん)寖(しん), 灌(かん)浸(しん) (kanshin)
灌(かん)水(すい) (kansui)
灌(かん)注(ちゅう) (kanchū)
灌(かん)腸(ちょう) (kanchō) (浣(かん)腸(ちょう))
灌(かん)頂(ちょう) (kanchō)
灌(かん)田(でん) (kanden)
灌(かん)仏(ぶつ) (kanbutsu)
灌(かん)仏(ぶつ)会(え) (kanbutsue)
灌(かん)木(ぼく) (kanboku)
灌(かん)莽(もう) (kanmō)
灌(かん)沐(もく) (kanmoku)
灌(かん)輸(ゆ) (kan'yu)
灌(かん)沃(よく) (kan'yoku)
漑(がい)灌(かん) (gaikan)
澆(ぎょう)灌(かん) (gyōkan)
浸(しん)灌(かん) (shinkan)
沃(よっ)灌(かん) (yokkan)

Korean

Hanja

灌 • (gwan) (hangeul 관)

pour
water
irrigate, flood

Vietnamese

Han character

灌: Hán Nôm readings: quán

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