礬

See also: 矾

礬	U+792C, 礬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-792C

← 礫
[U+792B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

礭 →
[U+792D]

Translingual

Han character

礬 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 木木大一口 (DDKMR), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱樊石)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24573
Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2462, character 11
Unihan data for U+792C

Chinese

trad.		礬
simp.		矾
alternative forms		𥖎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攀	*pʰraːn
襻	*pʰraːns
棥	*ban
礬	*ban
樊	*ban
蠜	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ban): phonetic 樊 (OC *ban) + semantic 石 (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fán (fan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ / faan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán
  - Wade–Giles: fan²
  - Yale: fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ / faan⁶
  - Yale: fàahn / faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ / faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ / fan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/, /faːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
  - Tâi-lô: huân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	礬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礬
Reading #	1/1
No.	2940
Phonetic component	棥
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

礬

alum

Compounds

山礬 / 山矾 (shānfán)
明礬 / 明矾 (míngfán)
枯礬 / 枯矾
水礬土 / 水矾土
白礬 / 白矾 (báifán)
皂礬 / 皂矾 (zàofán)
皓礬 / 皓矾 (hàofán)
礬土 / 矾土 (fántǔ)
礬石 / 矾石 (fánshí)
礬頭 / 矾头
綠礬 / 绿矾
膽礬 / 胆矾 (dǎnfán)
藍礬 / 蓝矾

References

“礬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

礬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ぼん (bon)
Kan-on: はん (han)
Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)

Korean

Hanja

礬 • (ban) (hangeul 반)

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Vietnamese

Han character

礬: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phèn

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