宦

宦 U+5BA6, 宦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BA6
← 宥
[U+5BA5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宧 →
[U+5BA7]

Translingual

Han character

宦 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十尸中中 (JSLL), four-corner 30717, composition ⿱宀臣)

Derived characters
  • 𫐸, 𮅬

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 285, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7138
  • Dae Jaweon: page 563, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 924, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5BA6

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 宦

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 宦
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 臣 (“servant”) – slave; servant.

Etymology

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ཁོལ་པོ (khol po, “servant”), Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huang6 - Shantou;
  • huêng6 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 刪 (70)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 胡慣切
    Baxter hwaenH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang    		 /ɦˠuanH/
    Pan
    Wuyun    		 /ɦʷᵚanH/
    Shao
    Rongfen    		 /ɣuɐnH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank    		 /ɦwaɨnH/
    Li
    Rong    		 /ɣuanH/
    Wang
    Li    		 /ɣwanH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /ɣwanH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 huàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 waan6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)    		 huàn
    Middle
    Chinese    		 ‹ hwænH ›
    Old
    Chinese    		 /*m-kʷˁ<r>a[n]-s/
    English servant

    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 宦
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5361
    Phonetic
    component    		 宦
    Rime
    group    		 元
    Rime
    subdivision    		 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime    		 患
    Old
    Chinese    		 /*ɡʷraːns/

    Definitions

    宦

    1. to hold public office
    2. government official
    3. eunuch
    4. a surname

    Compounds
    • 世嗣宦族
    • 仕宦 (shìhuàn)
    • 名宦
    • 奄宦
    • 官宦 (guānhuàn)
    • 官宦人家
    • 官宦氣息／官宦气息
    • 宦人
    • 宦囊
    • 宦女
    • 宦學／宦学
    • 宦官 (huànguān)
    • 宦情
    • 宦海 (huànhǎi)
    • 宦豎／宦竖 (huànshù)
    • 宦途 (huàntú)
    • 宦遊／宦游 (huànyóu)
    • 宦達／宦达
    • 宦門／宦门
    • 巧宦
    • 年宦
    • 游宦 (yóuhuàn)
    • 素宦
    • 羈宦／羁宦
    • 薄宦
    • 謫宦／谪宦
    • 豎宦／竖宦
    • 達官顯宦／达官显宦
    • 鄉宦／乡宦
    • 門宦／门宦 (ménhuàn)
    • 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn)
    • 顯宦／显宦

    Japanese

    Kanji
    宦

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 宦 (MC hwaenH). Recorded as Middle Korean 환〯 (hwǎn) (Yale: hwan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja

    Wikisource 宦 (eumhun 벼슬 환 (byeoseul hwan))

    1. Hanja form? of 환 (“eunuch”).

    Compounds
    Compounds

    References
    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    宦: Hán Nôm readings: hoạn

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