U+57B8, 垸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57B8

[U+57B7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+57B9]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土十一山 (GJMU), four-corner 43111, composition )

  1. a dike, embankment

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 229, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5090
  • Dae Jaweon: page 464, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 447, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+57B8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns): semantic (earth) + phonetic (OC *ɦŋoːn).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. dike; embankment (used with reference to dikes on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (33)
Final () (62) (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwan hwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuɑn/ /ɦuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑn/ /ɦʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑn/ /ɣuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwan/ /ɦwanH/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑn/ /ɣuɑnH/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑn/ /ɣuɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑn/ /ɣuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huán huàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wun4 wun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16128 16137
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦŋoːn/ /*ɦŋoːns/

Definitions

  1. to smear with varnishes and ashes

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“unit of weight equivalent to six liang; metal coins; money”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): かん (kan)がん (gan)
  • Kun: まろぶ (marobu)

Korean

Hanja

• (wan) (hangeul , revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan)

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