扞

See also: 擀 and 捍

Translingual

Han character

扞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手一十 (QMJ), four-corner 5104₀, composition ⿰扌干)

1. ward off, withstand, resist

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11802
• Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1828, character 6
• Unihan data for U+625E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		扞

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàn (han⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon² / hon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴
    • Yale: hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
    • Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hon² / hon⁶
    • Yale: hón / hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon² / hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon² / hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³⁵/, /hɔːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hanH

Rime
Character	扞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	侯旰切
Baxter	hanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦanH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑnH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤa[r]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hanH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-kˁa[r]-s/
English	ward off; protect, guard
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	扞
Reading #	1/1
No.	3620
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	翰
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 扞

1. to resist
2. to offend
3. to prevent
4. to cover
5. leather sleeve
6. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 悍 (hàn).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 扞 – see 捍 (“to defend; to guard; to protect; to resist; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 捍).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 扞 – see 擀 (“to roll”). (This character is a variant form of 擀).

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Japanese

Kanji

扞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: ふせぐ (fusegu)

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Korean

Hanja

扞 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 扞 (cản, hãn)

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