罐

See also: 缶

罐 U+7F50, 罐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F50 ← 罏 [U+7F4F] CJK Unified Ideographs 网 → [U+7F51]

Translingual

Han character

罐 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 人山廿口土 (OUTRG), four-corner 8471₄, composition ⿰缶雚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 946, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28194
• Dae Jaweon: page 1387, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2940, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7F50

Chinese

trad.		罐
simp. #		罐
2nd round simp.		𰭃
alternative forms		𮉸 鑵／罐 𨫝 罆／𰭄 𰭃 2nd round simp. (1981)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
觀	*koːn, *koːns
灌	*koːns
鸛	*koːns
瓘	*koːns
矔	*koːns, *kroːns
懽	*koːns, *qʰoːn
爟	*koːns
雚	*koːns
罐	*koːns
鑵	*koːns
歡	*qʰoːn
驩	*qʰoːn
貛	*qʰoːn
酄	*qʰoːn
獾	*qʰoːn
讙	*qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾	*qʰoːns
權	*ɡron
顴	*ɡron
孉	*ɡron
蠸	*ɡron
虇	*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːns) : semantic 缶 (“pottery”) + phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàn (guan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kon
• Eastern Min (BUC): guáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guêng³ / guang³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴
    • Yale: gwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
    • Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (罐兒／罐儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guànr
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guall
    • Palladius: гуаньр (guanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³
    • Yale: gun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kon
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kon⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guêng³ / guang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuèng / kuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kueŋ²¹³/, /kuaŋ²¹³/

Note:

• guêng3 - Chaozhou;
• guang3 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵kuoe
    • MiniDict: kuoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwanH

Rime
Character	罐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古玩切
Baxter	kwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwanH/
Li Rong	/kuɑnH/
Wang Li	/kuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	罐
Reading #	1/1
No.	4485
Phonetic component	雚
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	貫
Old Chinese	/*koːns/

Definitions

罐

1. can; jar; tin; cylindrical container for holding objects or liquids or cooking
2. Classifier for canned items.
3. coal tub

Compounds

• 傾銀罐／倾银罐
• 儲氣罐／储气罐
• 儲油罐／储油罐
• 儲罐／储罐
• 兩片罐／两片罐
• 悶葫蘆罐／闷葫芦罐 (mènhúluguàn)
• 拔火罐 (báhuǒguàn)
• 拔罐子 (báguànzi)
• 提罐
• 易開罐／易开罐 (yìkāiguàn)
• 水罐銀盆／水罐银盆
• 油漬罐頭／油渍罐头
• 油罐 (yóuguàn)
• 油罐車／油罐车 (yóuguànchē)
• 湯罐／汤罐 (tāngguàn)
• 火罐兒／火罐儿 (huǒguànr)
• 灰罐
• 瓦罐
• 破罐子
• 破罐破摔 (pò guàn pò shuāi)
• 罐仔 (koàn-á)
• 罐子 (guànzi)
• 罐子玉
• 罐裝／罐装 (guànzhuāng)
• 罐車／罐车 (guànchē)
• 罐頭／罐头 (guàntóu)
• 藥罐／药罐 (yàoguàn)
• 藥罐子／药罐子 (yàoguànzi)
• 蛐蛐罐兒／蛐蛐罐儿
• 蜜罐兒／蜜罐儿 (mìguànr)
• 軟罐頭／软罐头
• 醋罐子
• 鋁罐／铝罐 (lǚguàn)
• 鐵罐／铁罐 (tiěguàn)
• 開罐器／开罐器 (kāiguànqì)

 

Further reading

• “罐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #13364”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	缶
Kyūjitai	罐

Kanji

罐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 缶)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan)
• Kun: かま (kama, 罐); ほとぎ (hotogi, 罐)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

罐: Hán Nôm readings: quán

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