筦

筦	U+7B66, 筦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B66

← 筥
[U+7B65]

CJK Unified Ideographs

筧 →
[U+7B67]

Translingual

Han character

筦 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹十一山 (HJMU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗完)

a key
to be in charge
a pipe

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 885, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26057
Dae Jaweon: page 1313, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2975, character 16
Unihan data for U+7B66

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 筦 – see 管 (“a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 管).

Etymology 2

trad.		筦
simp. ^#		筦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³
  - Yale: gwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
  - Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gun²
  - Yale: gún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwanX

Rime
Character	筦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古滿切
Baxter	kwanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwan^X/
Li Rong	/kuɑn^X/
Wang Li	/kuɑn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋkoːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwan^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁo[n]ʔ/
English	tube; flute
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筦
Reading #	1/1
No.	16111
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	管
Old Chinese	/*ŋkoːnʔ/
Notes	同管

Definitions

筦

a surname

Japanese

Kanji

筦

(Hyōgai kanji)

key
to be in charge
pipe

Readings

On (unclassified): かん (kan)
Kun: ふえ (fue)、くだ (kuda)

Korean

Hanja

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

administer
flute
a wind instrument