券

See also: 劵

券 U+5238, 券 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5238 ← 刷 [U+5237] CJK Unified Ideographs 刹 → [U+5239]

Translingual

Han character

券 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火手尸竹 (FQSH), four-corner 9022₇, composition ⿱龹刀(GHTJ) or ⿱𠔉刀(KV))

Derived characters

• 𫪤, 㓬

Related characters

• 拳 卷/巻 弮 眷 觠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1966
• Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 332, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5238

Chinese

simp. and trad.		券
alternative forms		劵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 券
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
潫	*qroːn, *qon, *qron
豢	*ɡroːns
勬	*kron, *krons
韏	*kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons
眷	*krons
桊	*krons
絭	*krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ
觠	*krons, *ɡron
飬	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
拳	*ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
齤	*ɡron
券	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰons): phonetic 𠔉 + semantic 刀 (“knife”) – contract. Ancient contracts were cut in half.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quàn, juàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˋ, ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³ / gyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khién / khián
• Eastern Min (BUC): guóng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeng⁴ / gyoeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kǹg / koàn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chioe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴
    • Yale: chywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuann
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (券兒 / 券儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuànr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chywànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuall
    • Palladius: цюаньр (cjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (券兒 / 券儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuànr
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jywànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuall
    • Palladius: цзюаньр (czjuanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

Note: juàn(r) - colloquial pronunciation.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: hyun³ / gyun³
    • Yale: hyun / gyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³ / gyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³ / gün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³/, /kyːn³³/

Note: hyun3 - prescribed.

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khián
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɔŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goeng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ge̤̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǹg / koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kǹg / kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngx, koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍²¹/, /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍⁴¹/, /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍²¹/, /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍¹¹/, /kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍²¹/, /kuan²¹/

Note:

• kǹg - vernacular;
• koàn - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chioe
    • MiniDict: chioe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰyø³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwonH

Rime
Character	券
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去願切
Baxter	khjwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuanH/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	券
Reading #	1/1
No.	7173
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	劵
Old Chinese	/*kʰons/

Definitions

券

1. (historical) title deed; deed of trust; bond; contract
2. ticket; pass; coupon; voucher; certificate

   入場券／入场券  ―  rùchǎngquàn  ―  admission ticket

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) guarantee; surety; certainty
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to agree; to tally with
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to copy; to trace
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bore; to drill

Compounds

• 丹書鐵券 / 丹书铁券 (dānshūtiěquàn)
• 借券 (jièquàn)
• 債券 / 债券 (zhàiquàn)
• 優待券 / 优待券
• 優惠券 / 优惠券 (yōuhuìquàn)
• 儲蓄券 / 储蓄券
• 兌換券 / 兑换券 (duìhuànquàn)
• 入場券 / 入场券
• 公債券 / 公债券 (gōngzhàiquàn)
• 公司債券 / 公司债券
• 券兒 / 券儿 (quànr)
• 券商 (quànshāng)
• 券帖
• 券書 / 券书 (quànshū)
• 券破
• 勝券在握 / 胜券在握
• 可操左券
• 合券
• 國庫券 / 国库券 (guókùquàn)
• 圖書禮券 / 图书礼券
• 墓券
• 契券 (qìquàn)
• 如持左券
• 宅券 (zháiquàn)
• 左券 (zuǒquàn)
• 左券在握
• 幸運券 / 幸运券
• 庫券 / 库券
• 彩券 (cǎiquàn)
• 愛國獎券 / 爱国奖券
• 愛心券 / 爱心券
• 愛心彩券 / 爱心彩券
• 憑券 / 凭券
• 折券
• 招待券
• 持左券
• 操券
• 操左券
• 文券
• 有價證券 / 有价证券 (yǒujià zhèngquàn)
• 楮券
• 獎券 / 奖券 (jiǎngquàn)
• 票券
• 禮券 / 礼券 (lǐquàn)
• 穩操勝券 / 稳操胜券 (wěncāoshèngquàn)
• 穩操左券 / 稳操左券
• 立券交易
• 繻券 / 𦈡券
• 融券
• 試印券 / 试印券
• 證券 / 证券 (zhèngquàn)
• 證券市場 / 证券市场
• 還券 / 还券
• 金圓券 / 金圆券 (jīnyuánquàn)
• 金書鐵券 / 金书铁券
• 銀行券 / 银行券
• 鐵券 / 铁券
• 關金券 / 关金券 (guānjīnquàn)
• 飛券 / 飞券
• 馮諼燒券 / 冯谖烧券
• 驛券 / 驿券
• 點券 / 点券

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn, quàn (xuan⁴, quan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ, ㄑㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): koeng⁴ / kyoeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴
    • Yale: chywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuann
    • Palladius: цюань (cjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: hyun³
    • Yale: hyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: koeng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ke̤̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kyoeng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyøŋ⁴²/

Definitions

券

1. (architecture) arch (on bridges, doors, windows)

Synonyms

• 拱券 (gǒngxuàn)

Compounds

• 券門 / 券门 (xuànmén)
• 拱券

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koān / koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gyun⁶
    • Yale: gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān
    • Tâi-lô: kuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/

Definitions

券

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倦 (juàn, “tired; weary”)

Further reading

• “券”, 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–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “券”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.