See also:
U+9C25, 鰥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C25

[U+9C24]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9C26]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 195, 魚+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田中水 (NFWLE) or 弓火田中火 (NFWLF), four-corner 26333, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1475, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46382
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2007, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4706, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9C25

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𬶵
𥉀
𩶊
𩻴

Glyph origin

Etymology

From (OC *kʷraːʔ, “single; alone”) + *-n (nominalizing suffix) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (74) (74)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter kwean kweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛn/ /kˠuɛnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæn/ /kʷᵚænH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuæn/ /kuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨn/ /kwəɨnH/
Li
Rong
/kuɛn/ /kuɛnH/
Wang
Li
/kwæn/ /kwænH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwăn/ /kwănH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guān guàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaan1 gwaan3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guān guān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwɛn › ‹ kwɛn ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/ /*[k]ʷˁrə[n]/
English widower a kind of fish

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1951 1952
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kruːn/ /*kruːns/

Definitions

  1. widower
  2. widowed
  3. (obsolete) yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)
    Synonym:  / (gǎn)

Compounds

  • 孤寡鰥獨 / 孤寡鳏独
  • 孤鰥 / 孤鳏
  • 恫鰥 / 恫鳏
  • 惸獨鰥寡 / 惸独鳏寡
  • 惸鰥 / 惸鳏
  • 煢鰥 / 茕鳏
  • 老鰥 / 老鳏
  • 虞鰥 / 虞鳏
  • 貧鰥 / 贫鳏
  • 魴鰥 / 鲂鳏
  • 鰥夫 / 鳏夫 (guānfū)
  • 鰥嫠 / 鳏嫠
  • 鰥孤 / 鳏孤
  • 鰥守 / 鳏守
  • 鰥官 / 鳏官
  • 鰥寡 / 鳏寡 (guānguǎ)
  • 鰥寡孤惸 / 鳏寡孤惸
  • 鰥寡孤獨 / 鳏寡孤独 (guānguǎgūdú)
  • 鰥寡惸獨 / 鳏寡惸独
  • 鰥對 / 鳏对
  • 鰥居 / 鳏居 (guānjū)
  • 鰥惸 / 鳏惸
  • 鰥曠 / 鳏旷
  • 鰥棍兒 / 鳏棍儿
  • 鰥民 / 鳏民
  • 鰥男 / 鳏男
  • 鰥窮 / 鳏穷
  • 鰥老 / 鳏老
  • 鰥處 / 鳏处
  • 鰥魚 / 鳏鱼
  • 鰥魚渴鳳 / 鳏鱼渴凤
  • 鰥鰥 / 鳏鳏

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. widower

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)けん (ken, historical)くゑん (kwen, ancient)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)くわん (kwan, historical)くわん (kwan, ancient)
  • Kan’yō-on: こん (kon)
  • Kun: やもお (yamoo, )やもめ (yamome, )やむ (yamu, 鰥む)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
やもめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
やもめ
[noun] , 鰥夫: widower
Alternative spelling
鰥夫
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
やもお
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
やもお
[noun] (archaic) widower
Alternative spellings
鰥夫, 寡男
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

• (hwan) (hangeul , revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan, Yale hwan)

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