皖

皖 U+7696, 皖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7696 ← 皕 [U+7695] CJK Unified Ideographs 皗 → [U+7697]

Translingual

Han character

皖 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹日十一山 (HAJMU), four-corner 2361₁, composition ⿰白完)

Derived characters

• 𦼍

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22736
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7696

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
冠	*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞	*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	*ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖	*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒	*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Etymology

This term is used to refer to the Anhui province of eastern China because there were historically the State of Wan, the Mount Wan, and the Wan River (alternative name of Yangtze River within Anhui province) in the province.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǎn (Wan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁵ / wun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Wan³
    • Yale: Wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woan
    • Palladius: Вань (Vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Yale: wúhn / wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁵ / wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn¹³/, /wuːn³⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 皖
Mandarin	Beijing	/uan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/van¹³/
	Jinan	/vã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/uan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uã⁵³/
	Xining	/uã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/van⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/van⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uan⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kʰuan⁵³/ /uan⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uan⁴²/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʊ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/væ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/væ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/uø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/uø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/va̠³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/uɛ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/uːə³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰõ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɦɔn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/van³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wun²³/
	Nanning	/wun³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wun¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/uan⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uaŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/uiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/uaŋ²¹³/

Definitions

皖

1. Alternative name for 安徽 (Ānhuī, “Anhui province”).

Compounds

• 皖中盆地
• 皖北平原
• 皖南丘陵
• 皖派
• 直皖戰爭／直皖战争

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: hwaenX

Rime
Character	皖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸板切
Baxter	hwaenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠuanX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚanX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨnX/
Li Rong	/ɣuanX/
Wang Li	/ɣwanX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwanX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦŋoːnʔ/, /*ɦŋroːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皖	皖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16132	16143
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	緩	睆
Old Chinese	/*ɦŋoːnʔ/	/*ɦŋroːnʔ/
Notes	原作晥，漢縣，漢書作睆，後漢書作皖或晥	詩作睆

Definitions

皖

1. ^† bright; bright star

Japanese

Kanji

皖

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Venus (Astronomy)

Readings

• Go-on: がん (gan)、げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、きよし (kiyoshi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

皖: Hán Nôm readings: hoản

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