沅

See also: 源

沅	U+6C85, 沅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C85

← 沄
[U+6C84]

CJK Unified Ideographs

沆 →
[U+6C86]

Translingual

Han character

沅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一一山 (EMMU), four-corner 3111₁, composition ⿰氵元)

Derived characters

𩂷, 𤂕

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17186
Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 3
Unihan data for U+6C85

Chinese

simp. and trad.		沅

Etymology 1

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 / 形声, OC *ŋon): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goán / goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²
  - Yale: ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴
  - Yale: yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goán / goân
  - Tâi-lô: guán / guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goarn, goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹/, /ɡuan²³/

Middle Chinese: ngjwon

Rime
Character	沅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	愚袁切
Baxter	ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沅
Reading #	1/1
No.	16146
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋon/

Definitions

沅

(～江) Yuan River in Hunan province
(～州) name of prefecture during the reign of Wu Zetian

Compounds

沅州
沅江

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 源 (原 → 元).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 沅 – see 源 (“source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead; source; origin; root; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 源).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

沅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ごん (gon)
Kan-on: げん (gen)
Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
Kun: みなもと (minamoto, 沅)

Korean

Hanja

沅 (eum 원 (won))

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