琬

琬	U+742C, 琬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742C

← 琫
[U+742B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

琭 →
[U+742D]

Translingual

Han character

琬 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土十弓山 (MGJNU), four-corner 1311₂, composition ⿰𤣩宛)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21069
Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 31
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1124, character 1
Unihan data for U+742C

Chinese

trad.		琬
simp. ^#		琬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涴	qoːls, qoːn, *qonʔ
埦	*qoːn
豌	*qoːn
剜	*qoːn
眢	qoːn, qon
蜿	qoːn, qon, *qonʔ
帵	*qoːn
碗	*qoːnʔ
椀	*qoːnʔ
盌	*qoːnʔ
腕	*qoːns
惋	*qoːns
捥	*qoːns
睕	qoːns, qonʔ, *qoːd
琬	qoːns, qonʔ
鴛	quːn, qon
鵷	*qon
惌	qon, qonʔ
宛	qon, qonʔ
怨	qon, qons
葾	*qon
夗	*qonʔ
婉	*qonʔ
菀	qonʔ, qud
苑	qonʔ, qons
踠	*qonʔ
畹	qonʔ, qons
倇	*qonʔ
晼	*qonʔ
黦	qod, qod, *qud
焥	*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːns, *qonʔ): semantic 玉 + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎn (wan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
  - Wade–Giles: wan³
  - Yale: wǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
  - Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun²
  - Yale: yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jwonX, 'wanH

Rime
Character	琬	琬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於阮切	烏貫切
Baxter	'jwonX	'wanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn^X/	/ʔuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn^X/	/ʔʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ʔuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan^X/	/ʔwan^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn^X/	/ʔuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn^X/	/uɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn^X/	/ʔuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun²	wun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qoːns/, /*qonʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琬	琬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16279	16296
Phonetic component	夗	夗
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	惋	婉
Old Chinese	/*qoːns/	/*qonʔ/

Definitions

琬

(literary) rounded jade tablet
jade with soft lustre
fine jade

Compounds

琬圭
琬琰 (wǎnyǎn)

Japanese

Kanji

琬

(Hyōgai kanji)

the virtue of a gentleman
jade

Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)、わん (wan)

Korean

Hanja

琬 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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