鍰

See also: 锾

鍰 U+9370, 鍰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9370 ← 鍯 [U+936F] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍱 → [U+9371]

Translingual

Han character

鍰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金月一水 (CBME), four-corner 8214₇, composition ⿰釒爰)

1. huan, a unit of weight used in ancient China
2. money
3. circle, ring

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40648
• Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4234, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9370

Chinese

trad.		鍰
simp.		锾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
暖	*noːnʔ
煖	*noːnʔ, *qʰʷan
喛	*qʰʷaːns, *qʰʷan
緩	*ɢʷaːnʔ
鰀	*ɢʷaːnʔ
嵈	*ɢʷaːnʔ
鍰	*ɢʷraːn
湲	*ɢʷan
媛	*ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
瑗	*ɢʷans
援	*ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
褑	*ɢʷans
諼	*qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
愋	*qʰʷan
楥	*qʰʷans
爰	*ɢʷan
鶢	*ɢʷan
蝯	*ɢʷan
猨	*ɢʷan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huán (huan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huán
    • Wade–Giles: huan²
    • Yale: hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
    • Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waan⁴
    • Yale: wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaen

Rime
Character	鍰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸關切
Baxter	hwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣuan/
Wang Li	/ɣwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷraːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鍰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16163
Phonetic component	爰
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	還
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷraːn/

Definitions

鍰

1. (historical) unit of weight equivalent to six liang

   Synonym: 饌／馔

2. metal coins; money

Compounds

• 罰鍰／罚锾 (fáhuán)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鍰 – see 寰 (“circle, ring”). (This character is an ancient form of 环, which is in turn the second-round simplified form of 寰).

Japanese

Kanji

鍰

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. measure
2. money
3. coins

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)、げん (gen)、えん (en)
• Kun: めかた (mekata)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. hwan, a unit of weight used in ancient China