彣

彣 U+5F63, 彣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F63 ← 形 [U+5F62] CJK Unified Ideographs 彤 → [U+5F64]

Translingual

Han character

彣 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大竹竹竹 (YKHHH), composition ⿺文彡)

Derived characters

• 珳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9971
• Dae Jaweon: page 682, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 853, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F63

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彣

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯn): phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn) + semantic 彡 (“decorative lines, ornament”). The character can be split in two to coin 彥.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wén (wen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wún
    • Wade–Giles: wên²
    • Yale: wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wen
    • Palladius: вэнь (vɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴
    • Yale: màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjun

Rime
Character	彣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無分切
Baxter	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mun/
Li Rong	/miuən/
Wang Li	/mĭuən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彣
Reading #	1/1
No.	13020
Phonetic component	文
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	文
Old Chinese	/*mɯn/

Definitions

彣

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 105

Japanese

Kanji

彣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kun: あや (aya, 彣)

Vietnamese

Han character

彣: Hán Nôm readings: vằn

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References

• Nom Foundation