掾

掾 U+63BE, 掾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63BE ← 掽 [U+63BD] CJK Unified Ideographs 掿 → [U+63BF]

Translingual

Han character

掾 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手女弓人 (QVNO), four-corner 5703₂, composition ⿰扌彖)

1. a general designation of officials

Derived characters

• 𧑝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 440, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12313
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1927, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63BE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		掾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠡	*reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠	*reːlʔ, *reːl
彖	*l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬	*l'els
喙	*hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯	*hlods
剶	*ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭	*l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨	*l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽	*l'on
篆	*l'onʔ
瑑	*l'onʔ
堟	*l'onʔ
蝝	*lon
緣	*lon, *lons
櫞	*lon
掾	*lons
褖	*l̥ʰoːns
湪	*l̥ʰoːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuàn (yuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuàn
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴
    • Yale: ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuann
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶
    • Yale: yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ywenH

Rime
Character	掾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以絹切
Baxter	ywenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/juænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwianH/
Li Rong	/iuɛnH/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掾
Reading #	1/1
No.	12529
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	掾
Old Chinese	/*lons/

Definitions

掾

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Compounds

• 掾吏 (yuànlì)

Japanese

Kanji

掾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: じょう (jō)、たすける (tasukeru)、したやく (shitayaku)

References

• “^▲掾”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

掾 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掾: Hán Nôm readings: duyện, giay

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References

• Nom Foundation