筦

筦 U+7B66, 筦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B66 ← 筥 [U+7B65] CJK Unified Ideographs 筧 → [U+7B67]

Translingual

Han character

筦 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹十一山 (HJMU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗完)

1. a key
2. to be in charge
3. a pipe

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 885, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26057
• Dae Jaweon: page 1313, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2975, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7B66

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 筦 – see 管 (“a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 管).

Etymology 2

trad.		筦
simp. #		筦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn (guan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³
    • Yale: gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gun²
    • Yale: gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwanX

Rime
Character	筦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古滿切
Baxter	kwanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanX/
Li Rong	/kuɑnX/
Wang Li	/kuɑnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋkoːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ kwanX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁo[n]ʔ/
English	tube; flute
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	筦
Reading #	1/1
No.	16111
Phonetic component	元
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	管
Old Chinese	/*ŋkoːnʔ/
Notes	同管

Definitions

筦

1. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

筦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. key
2. to be in charge
3. pipe

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: ふえ (fue)、くだ (kuda)

Korean

Hanja

筦 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)

1. administer
2. flute
3. a wind instrument