紈

紈

See also: 纨

紈 U+7D08, 紈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D08 ← 紇 [U+7D07] CJK Unified Ideographs 紉 → [U+7D09]

Translingual

Han character

紈 (radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火大弓戈 (VFKNI), four-corner 2591₇, composition ⿰糹丸)

1. white silk, fine silk
2. gauze

References

• KangXi: page 916, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27247
• Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3366, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7D08

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Chinese

trad.		紈
simp.		纨

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
骫	*qʷralʔ
丸	*ɡʷaːn
紈	*ɡʷaːn
芄	*ɡʷaːn
汍	*ɡʷaːn
肒	*ɡʷaːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: wan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuɑn/▼

Rime
Character	紈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紈
Reading #	1/1
No.	12609
Phonetic component	丸
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	桓
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːn/

Definitions

紈

1. silk

Compounds

冰紈／冰纨 李紈／李纨 紈扇／纨扇 紈素／纨素 紈綺／纨绮

紈綺年／纨绮年 紈褲／纨裤 紈褲子弟／纨裤子弟 綺紈之歲／绮纨之岁 綺襦紈褲／绮襦纨裤

膏粱紈綺／膏粱纨绮 蕙心紈質／蕙心纨质 錦衣紈褲／锦衣纨裤 齊紈魯縞／齐纨鲁缟

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Japanese

Kanji

紈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. silk

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan), がん (gan)
• Kun: しろぎぬ (shiroginu), むすぶ (musubu), かさなる (kasanaru)

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Korean

Hanja

紈 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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