寛

See also: 寬 and 宽

寛	U+5BDB, 寛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BDB

← 寚
[U+5BDA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

寜 →
[U+5BDC]

Translingual

Traditional	寬
Shinjitai	寛
Simplified	宽

Stroke order

Alternative forms

⿳宀⻀見 - Contains ⻀ (ram's horn) instead of 艹 (grass radical) - See derived characters below.

Han character

寛 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十廿月山 (JTBU), four-corner 3021₂, composition ⿱宀莧)

Derived characters

𭳈 (Contains ⿳宀艹見, grass radical)
𡣚, 𬞸 (Contains ⿳宀⻀見, ram's horn)
𡬘 (Contains ⿳宀⻀見, ram's horn. Exception: Only for its compatibility form (U+2F871))

Related characters

寬 (Orthodox traditional form)
宽 (Simplified Chinese)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 290, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7276
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 945, character 8
Unihan data for U+5BDB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox form simplified from 寬 (萈 → 莧). Elimination of 丶 (zhǔ) stroke and alteration of ⻀ (ram's horn component) → 艹 (grass radical).

Originally found in the historical Longkan Shoujian (龍龕手鑑) dictionary (997 AD).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 寛 – see 寬 (“wide; broad; width; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 寬).

Japanese

Shinjitai	寛
Kyūjitai	寬

Kanji

寛

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 寬)

tolerant; lenient; generous

Readings

Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 寛い)、ゆるやか (yuruyaka, 寛やか)、くつろぐ (kutsurogu, 寛ぐ)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寛
かん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
寬 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 寬 (MC khwan).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

寛(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

leniency, gentleness

Adjective

寛(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}-na (adnominal 寛(かん)な (kan na), adverbial 寛(かん)に (kan ni))

lenient, gentle

Inflection

Inflection of 寛

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	寛だろ	かんだろ	kan daro
Continuative (連用形)	寛で	かんで	kan de
Terminal (終止形)	寛だ	かんだ	kan da
Attributive (連体形)	寛な	かんな	kan na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	寛なら	かんなら	kan nara
Imperative (命令形)	寛であれ	かんであれ	kan de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	寛ではない寛じゃない	かんではないかんじゃない	kan de wa nai kan ja nai
Informal past	寛だった	かんだった	kan datta
Informal negative past	寛ではなかった寛じゃなかった	かんではなかったかんじゃなかった	kan de wa nakatta kan ja nakatta
Formal	寛です	かんです	kan desu
Formal negative	寛ではありません寛じゃありません	かんではありませんかんじゃありません	kan de wa arimasen kan ja arimasen
Formal past	寛でした	かんでした	kan deshita
Formal negative past	寛ではありませんでした寛じゃありませんでした	かんではありませんでしたかんじゃありませんでした	kan de wa arimasen deshita kan ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	寛で	かんで	kan de
Conditional	寛なら（ば）	かんなら（ば）	kan nara (ba)
Provisional	寛だったら	かんだったら	kan dattara
Volitional	寛だろう	かんだろう	kan darō
Adverbial	寛に	かんに	kan ni
Degree	寛さ	かんさ	kansa

Etymology 2

Proper noun

寛(ゆたか) • (Yutaka)

a male given name

Etymology 3

Proper noun

寛(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)

a male given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

寛 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan)

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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