爰

爰 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一大水 (BMKE), four-corner 2044₇, composition ⿳爫一友)

1. to lead on to
2. therefore, consequently
3. a surname

• 𠋠, 喛, 𫮊, 媛, 嵈, 㣪, 愋, 援, 湲, 猨, 𫕉, 𭤿, 暖, 䐘, 楥, 煖, 瑗, 禐, 𤲫, 䁔, 𥔛, 褑, 𭶵, 緩(缓), 𦑛, 𦖵, 𦩮, 蝯, 諼(谖), 𧳭, 𬥢, 𫏖, 𫏺, 𮠹, 𫣰, 鍰(锾), 𩋫, 𩏅, 𦅻, 鰀, 𦇻, 𬋫, 𬁆, 𦫦, 𧡩, 𩔃, 鶢, 萲, 䈠
• 㬊 (Exception: Only for Chinese character form. Japanese character form contains ⿳爫土夂 instead)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2032, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7230

Historical forms of the character 爰
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爫 (“hand, claw”) + 又 (“hand”) – the middle component has taken various forms.

Contraction of 于時 (OC *ɢʷa djɯ) or 于是 (OC *ɢʷa djeʔ) (Smith, 2012).

爰

1. ^† therefore, consequently

   • 爰采麥矣、沬之北矣。云誰之思、美孟弋矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爰采麦矣、沬之北矣。云谁之思、美孟弋矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yuán cǎi mài yǐ, Mèi zhī běi yǐ. Yún shéi zhī sī, měi mèng Yì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     I am going to gather the wheat, In the north of Mei. But of whom are my thoughts? Of that beauty, the eldest of the Yi.

2. ^† A sentence-initial particle

   • 爰有大物，非絲非帛，文理成章。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爰有大物，非丝非帛，文理成章。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Yuán yǒu dà wù, fēi sī fēi bó, wén lǐ chéng zhāng. [Pinyin]

     There exists this tremendous entity, made of neither silk nor other fabrics, yet structures and order manifest in its pattern and texture.

• “爰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lead on to
2. therefore
3. then

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 爰に)

爰 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

1. lead on to
2. therefore
3. then

爰: Hán Nôm readings: viên, vươn

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