冤

See also: 寃
冤 U+51A4, 冤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A4
← 冣
[U+51A3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 冥 →
[U+51A5]

冤 U+2F818, 冤
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F818
← 冗
[U+2F817]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 仌 →
[U+2F819]

Translingual

Han character

冤 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓日戈 (BNAI) or 月弓山戈 (BNUI), four-corner 37413, composition ⿱冖兔)

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
冤
alternative forms 寃
𡨚
𠕤
𡨘
惌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冤
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 冖 (“cover”) + 兔 (“rabbit”).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • oan - literary;
  • un - vernacular (limited, e.g. 冤屈).
Note:
  • uêng1 - Chaozhou;
  • uang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang.

Rime
Character 冤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuan/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/ĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 冤
Reading # 1/1
No. 16094
Phonetic
component
冤
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
鴛
Old
Chinese
/*qon/
Notes 後或作寃

Definitions

冤

  1. to wrong; to treat unjustly
  2. not cost-effective
  3. (literary, or in compounds) grievance; unjust
  4. (literary, or in compounds) enmity; hatred

Synonyms

  • (grievance): 委屈 (wěiqu)
  • (enmity):
  • 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 怨恨 (yuànhèn)

Antonyms

  • (not cost-effective):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

冤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. false charge
  2. hatred

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)
  • Kun: ぬれぎぬ (nureginu, 冤); かがむ (kagamu)

Noun

冤(えん) • (en) 

  1. false charge

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冤 (MC ʔʉɐn). Recorded as Middle Korean 寃/원 (wen) (Yale: wen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 冤 (eumhun 원통할 원 (wontonghal won))

  1. Hanja form? of 원 (“grievance; injustice; wrong”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

冤: Hán Nôm readings: oan

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