莞

莞	U+839E, 莞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-839E

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+839F]

Translingual

Han character

莞 (radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿十一山 (TJMU) or X廿十一山 (XTJMU), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿱艹完)

References

KangXi: page 1034, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31063
Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3225, character 5
Unihan data for U+839E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
冠	kŋoːn, kŋoːns
莞	kŋoːn, ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	ŋoːn, ŋoːns
蚖	ŋoːn, ŋon
黿	ŋoːn, ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	ɦŋoːn, ɦŋoːns
綄	ɦŋoːn, ɦŋoːnʔ
院	ɦŋoːn, ɦŋons
皖	ɦŋoːnʔ, ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	ŋroːn, ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	ŋon, ŋonʔ
阮	ŋon, ŋonʔ
俒	ɦŋuːn, ɦŋuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 完 (OC *ɦŋoːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		莞
simp. ^#		莞
variant forms		𦺊𦸌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guān (guan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹, gwaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹, gwaan¹
  - Yale: gūn, gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹, gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹, guan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵/, /kʷäːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kuɑn/, /ɦuɑn/▼

Rime
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古丸切	胡官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn/	/ɦuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn/	/ɦʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan/	/ɦwan/
Li Rong	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Wang Li	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑn/	/ɣuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	huán

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kŋoːn/, /*ɦŋoːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞	莞
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	16108	16127
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	官	桓
Old Chinese	/*kŋoːn/	/*ɦŋoːn/

Definitions

莞

^† a type of long-stem watergrass, possibly the softstem rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) or Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
^† mat woven using this kind of grass
A surname.

Compounds

莞簟

莞蒻

Etymology 2

trad.		莞
simp. ^#		莞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun²
  - Yale: gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun²
  - IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/

Definitions

莞

Short for 東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn, “Dongguan (ancient commandery and modern city)”).

Compounds

東莞／东莞 (Dōngguǎn)

莞城

Etymology 3

trad.		莞
simp. ^#		莞
variant forms		莧／苋唍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wan³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯än²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁵
  - Yale: wúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦˠuan^X/▼

Rime
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸板切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuan^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚan^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨn^X/
Li Rong	/ɣuan^X/
Wang Li	/ɣwan^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwan^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莞
Reading #	3/3
No.	16140
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	睆
Old Chinese	/*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Definitions

莞

^† smiling

Compounds

莞然

莞爾／莞尔 (wǎn'ěr)

Etymology 4

trad.		莞
simp. ^#		莞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)
(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: wan³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯än²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁵
  - Yale: wúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/

Definitions

莞

^† Alternative form of 脘 (wǎn, “gastric cavity”).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 莞 – see 豌. (This character, 莞, is a variant form of 豌.)

Japanese

Kanji

莞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かん (kan)
Kun: い (i); むしろ (mushiro); わらう (warau)

Korean

Hanja

莞 • (gwan, wan) (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莞: Hán Nôm readings: hoàn

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