弮

弮	U+5F2E, 弮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F2E

← 弭
[U+5F2D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

弯 →
[U+5F2F]

Translingual

Han character

弮 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手弓 (FQN), four-corner 9072₇, composition ⿱龹弓(GHT) or ⿱𠔉弓(JK))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9769
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 995, character 15
Unihan data for U+5F2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
腃	kʰruls, ɡron
卷	ɡron, kronʔ, krons, ɡonʔ
菤	*kronʔ
捲	kronʔ, krons, *ɡron
埢	*kronʔ
睠	*krons
弮	kʰron, krons
犈	krons, ɡron
棬	*kʰron
鬈	kʰron, ɡron
圈	kʰron, ɡronʔ, kʰon, ɡlonʔ, *ɡlons
蜷	*ɡron
踡	*ɡron
婘	*ɡron
蔨	ɡronʔ, ɡrunʔ
倦	*ɡrons
淃	*ɡrons
綣	kʰonʔ, kʰons
裷	kʰonʔ, qon

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quān (quan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuan
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan¹
  - Yale: chywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuan
  - Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hyun¹
  - Yale: hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khjwen, kjwenH

Rime
Character	弮	弮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丘圓切	居倦切
Baxter	khjwen	kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuᴇn/	/kˠiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiɛn/	/kʷᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuæn/	/kiuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwian/	/kwian^H/
Li Rong	/kʰjuɛn/	/kjuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɛn/	/kĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɛn/	/ki̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quān	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun¹	gyun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰron/, /*krons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弮	弮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7163	7185
Phonetic component		卷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		眷
Old Chinese	/*kʰron/	/*krons/
Notes		漢書表弓弦

Definitions

弮

crossbow that discharged several bolts in succession
(alt. form 絭) bowstring

Japanese

Kanji

弮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: いしゆみ (ishiyumi)、まがる (magaru, 弮がる)、まき (maki)