奐

See also: 奂

奐	U+5950, 奐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5950

← 奏
[U+594F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

契 →
[U+5951]

Translingual

Han character

奐 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月大 (NBK), four-corner 2743₀, composition ⿳⺈⿵冂八大(G) or ⿳⺈𠔿大(HT) or ⿳⺈⿵冂儿大(JK))

Derived characters

𠗫, 喚, 𪣷, 𡞵, 𡺌, 愌, 換, 渙, 𪲰, 煥, 𤚙, 瑍, 𦝝, 𬓋, 𥈉, 𫃴, 𧎑, 𬧸, 𨩉, 𩝆, 𫙪, 𡚥, 寏, 瘓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5916
Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 539, character 8
Unihan data for U+5950

Chinese

trad.		奐
simp.		奂
alternative forms		𢍅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
渙	qʰʷaːds, qʰʷaːns
瘓	*tqʰʷaːnʔ
喚	*qʰʷaːns
煥	*qʰʷaːns
奐	*qʰʷaːns
寏	*ɢʷaːn
換	*ɢʷaːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷaːns) : abbreviated phonetic 夐 (OC *qʰʷeːns, *qʰʷeŋs) + semantic 廾. The upper part indicates both ancient pronunciation and the concept of "eminent" (it contains an eye and a stick in hand representing authority), while the two hands at the bottom of the character (then stylized as 大) convey the meaning of "numerous, copious, abundant" attested on oracle bones. It was also used to represent 換 (OC *ɢʷaːns, “to change; to swap”).

Alternatively ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“yurt”) + 廾 (“hands”) a pair of hands opening a yurt door to let in sunlight, hence there could be a potential shift of meaning from "brilliant".

A third interpretation by Xun Zaiguo (徐在國) explains that the character indicates "to steal" or "to take objects from other people's houses", i.e., a yurt from which two hands steal/take something. This interpretation could be linked to "numerous", but it is difficult to link to "brilliant".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang⁴ / huong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴
  - Yale: hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
  - Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wun⁶
  - Yale: wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹/

Middle Chinese: xwanH

Rime
Character	奐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	火貫切
Baxter	xwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwan^H/
Li Rong	/xuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/xuɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奐
Reading #	1/1
No.	5358
Phonetic component	奐
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	喚
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːns/

Definitions

奐

numerous

Compounds

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “奂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Japanese

Kanji

奐

(Hyōgai kanji)

clear
bright

Readings

On (unclassified): かん (kan)
Kun: とりかえる (torikaeru)、おおきい (ōkī)、さかん (sakan)

Korean

Hanja

奐 • (binnal hwan) (hangeul 빛날 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

be numerous, brilliant

Vietnamese

Han character

奐: Hán Nôm readings: hoán

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