鰥

See also: 鳏

鰥	U+9C25, 鰥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9C25

← 鰤
[U+9C24]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鰦 →
[U+9C26]

Translingual

Han character

鰥 (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 ⿰魚眔)

Derived characters

𣤿

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.		鰥
simp.		鳏
alternative forms		鱞／𬶵𥉀𩶊𩻴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
褱	ɡruːl, ɡruːl
鰥	kruːn, kruːns
嚃	*l̥ʰuːb
眔	*l'uːb
遝	*l'uːb

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guān (guan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gan¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): guan¹
Eastern Min (BUC): guăng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koan

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang¹ / guêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kue

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guan
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹
  - Yale: gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
  - Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹
  - Yale: gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuan⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
  - Tâi-lô: kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang¹ / guêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang / kueng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³/, /kueŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kue
  - MiniDict: kue^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵³/

Middle Chinese: kwean, kweanH

Rime
Character	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (74)	山 (74)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古頑切	古幻切
Baxter	kwean	kweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛn/	/kˠuɛn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæn/	/kʷᵚæn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuæn/	/kuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨn/	/kwəɨn^H/
Li Rong	/kuɛn/	/kuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kwæn/	/kwæn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăn/	/kwăn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan¹	gwaan³

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

(Zhengzhang): /*kruːn/, /*kruːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鰥	鰥
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	鰥	鰥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1951	1952
Phonetic component	眔	眔
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鰥	鰥
Old Chinese	/*kruːn/	/*kruːns/

Definitions

鰥

widower
widowed
(obsolete) yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)
Synonym: 鱤／鳡 (gǎn)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鰥

(Hyōgai kanji)

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, 鰥)、やもめ (yamome, 鰥)、やむ (yamu, 鰥む)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鰥
やもめ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰥 – see the following entry.

【やもめ】

[noun] 鰥, 鰥夫: widower

Alternative spelling
鰥夫

(This term, 鰥, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鰥
やもお Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鰥 – see the following entry.

【やもお】

[noun] (archaic) widower

Alternative spellings
鰥夫, 寡男

(This term, 鰥, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.