玩

玩 U+73A9, 玩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73A9
← 玨
[U+73A8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 玪 →
[U+73AA]

Translingual
Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character

玩 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土一一山 (MGMMU), four-corner 11111, composition ⿰𤣩元)

Derived characters
  • 𠶃, 𬕎

References
  • KangXi: page 728, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1103, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+73A9

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 玩
alternative forms 貦／𰷡 archaic
翫 archaic
反 (faan2) Cantonese
𠆩 (faan2) Cantonese
挽 (waan2) Hong Kong Internet slang

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冠 *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞 *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘 *ŋkoːnʔ
筦 *ŋkoːnʔ
梡 *ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏 *ŋoːn
刓 *ŋoːn
园 *ŋoːn
忨 *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏 *ŋoːn
玩 *ŋoːns
貦 *ŋoːns
翫 *ŋoːns
妧 *ŋoːns
完 *ɦŋoːn
捖 *ɦŋoːn
垸 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖 *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥 *ɦŋoːnʔ
浣 *ɦŋoːnʔ
頑 *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆 *ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇 *ɦŋroːnʔ
元 *ŋon
沅 *ŋon
芫 *ŋon
杬 *ŋon
邧 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒 *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋoːns) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) – ancient toys made of jade.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • waan4-2 - common;
  • waan4 - rare;
  • faan2 - variant, perhaps dialectal influence.
Note: ngòan - literary (“to play”).
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: van1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃¹¹/
  • Min Dong
    • (Fuzhou)
      • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguàng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ŋuaŋ⁵³/
Note: nguàng - literary (“to play”) (colloquial equivalent is 客佻).
Note:
  • oán - vernacular (俗);
  • goân/goán - literary.
Note:
  • nguêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • nguang2 - Shantou.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 3hhuoe; 3me
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɦv̩ʷø²³/, /me̞²³/
Note:
  • 3hhoe - literary;
  • 3me - colloquial.

Definitions

玩

  1. to play with; to toy with
    玩積木／玩积木  ―  wán jīmù  ―  to play with building blocks
  2. to play; to engage in sports or recreational activities
    玩遊戲／玩游戏 [Cantonese]  ―  waan2 jau4 hei3 [Jyutping]  ―  to play games
    玩音樂／玩音乐 [Cantonese]  ―  waan2 jam1 lok6 [Jyutping]  ―  to play music; to perform music
    大家都已經玩到唔玩 [Cantonese, trad.]
    大家都已经玩到唔玩 [Cantonese, simp.]
    daai6 gaa1 dou1 ji5 ging1 waan2 dou3 m4 waan2 [Jyutping]
    everyone's already played it so much that they don't even want to anymore
  3. to dabble in
    玩音響／玩音响 [Cantonese]  ―  waan2 jam1 hoeng2 [Jyutping]  ―  to be an audiophile
  4. to play; to hang out; to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially (e.g. with friends); to go out
    同朋友玩 [Cantonese]  ―  tung4 pang4 jau5 waan2 [Jyutping]  ―  to spend time with friends
    去北京玩 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 bak1 ging1 waan2 [Jyutping]  ―  to travel to Beijing (for a visit)
  5. to tease; to trifle with
    佢玩緊你咋嘛，唔好理佢啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢玩紧你咋嘛，唔好理佢啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 waan2 gan2 nei5 zaa1 maa3, m4 hou2 lei5 keoi5 laa1. [Jyutping]
    He's just teasing you; ignore him.
Synonyms
  • (to play):
Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 玩, 玩耍
Mandarin Beijing 玩兒
Taiwan 玩
Tianjin 玩兒
Yantai (Muping) 站, 耍1
Jinan 玩兒
Luoyang 耍1
Xi'an 耍1
Yinchuan 耍1
Wuhan 玩
Chengdu 耍1
Guilin 耍1
Liuzhou 玩
Yangzhou 玩
Hefei 玩
Yanping 耍1
Malaysia 玩
Singapore 玩
Dagudi (Maliba) 玩
Reshuitang (Longling) 玩
Mae Salong (Lancang) 玩
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 玩
Cantonese Guangzhou 玩, 嫽
Hong Kong 玩
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 嫽
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 玩
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 嫽
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嫽
Macau 玩
Guangzhou (Panyu) 玩, 仙
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 去嫽
Guangzhou (Conghua) 玩, 嫽
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嫽
Foshan 嫽
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 成人, 玩
Foshan (Shunde) 玩
Foshan (Sanshui) 耍1, 玩
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 耍1
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 耍1
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 玩
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 玩
Zhuhai (Doumen) 嫽
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 嫽
Taishan 嫽, 戀
Kaiping (Chikan) 嫽
Enping (Niujiang) 嫽
Heshan (Yayao) 耍1
Dongguan 嫽
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 嫽
Qingyuan 耍1
Fogang 嫽
Yingde (Hanguang) 嫽
Yangshan 耍1
Lianshan (Butian) 耍極
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 耍1
Shaoguan 玩
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 玩
Renhua 玩
Lechang 玩
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 耍1
Sihui 玩耍
Guangning 耍1
Deqing 蕩
Huaiji 耍1
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 耍1
Yunfu 耍1, 搞
Xinxing 轉
Luoding 玩, 耍1
Yunan (Pingtai) 蕩
Yangjiang 搞
Xinyi 嫽, 蕩
Maoming (Xinpo) 嫽
Lianjiang 嫽
Nanning 耍1
Wuzhou 去嫽
Beihai 嘢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 耍1
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 玩
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 耍1
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 玩, 嫽
Penang (Guangfu) 玩
Singapore (Guangfu) 玩, 嫽
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 玩
Móng Cái 耍1
Gan Nanchang 暱, 玩
Pingxiang 耍1
Hakka Meixian 嫽, 搞
Xingning 嫽
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 嫽
Huiyang 嫽
Huidong (Daling) 嫽
Dongguan (Qingxi) 嫽
Boluo (Bendihua) 嫽
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 嫽
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 嫽
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嫽
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 嫽
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 嫽
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 嫽
Wengyuan 嫽
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 嫽
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嫽
Liannan 嫽
Conghua (Lütian) 嫽
Jiexi 搣
Luhe 搞
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 嫽
Changting 嫽
Wuping 嫽
Wuping (Pingyu) 嫽
Liancheng 嫽
Ninghua 嬉
Yudu 嫽, 搞
Shicheng 嬉
Shangyou (Shexi) 嫽
Tonggu (Sandu) 嫽
Ganzhou (Panlong) 嫽
Dayu 搞, 嫽
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 尞, 搞
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 尞, 搞
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 尞, 搞
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 尞, 搞
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 尞, 爽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 尞, 搞
Hong Kong 嫽, 搞
Mengshan (Xihe) 嫽, 搞
Luchuan 嫽
Senai (Huiyang) 嫽
Kuching (Hepo) 搞
Huizhou Jixi 嬉
Jin Taiyuan 耍1
Min Bei Jian'ou 嬉
Songxi 嬉
Zhenghe 嬉
Jianyang 嬉
Wuyishan 嬉
Min Dong Fuzhou 客佻
Changle 客佻
Lianjiang 客佻
Fuqing 客佻
Pingtan 客佻
Yongtai 客佻
Minqing 客佻
Gutian 客佻
Pingnan 他佻
Luoyuan 客佻
Fu'an 宅佻
Ningde 客佻
Xiapu 客佻
Zherong 宅佻
Shouning 宅佻
Zhouning 宅佻
Fuding 宅佻
Matsu 客佻
Singapore (Fuqing) 客佻
Sitiawan (Gutian) 客佻
Min Nan Xiamen 耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
Xiamen (Tong'an) 𨑨迌
Quanzhou 𨑨, 𨑨迌
Jinjiang 𨑨迌
Nan'an 𨑨迌
Shishi 𨑨迌, 𨑨
Hui'an 𨑨迌
Anxi 𨑨迌
Yongchun 𨑨迌
Dehua 𨑨迌
Zhangzhou 耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 𨑨迌
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 耍2, 𨑨迌
Hua'an 𨑨迌
Nanjing 𨑨迌
Pinghe 𨑨迌
Zhangpu 𨑨迌
Yunxiao 𨑨迌
Zhao'an 耍2, 𨑨迌
Dongshan 𨑨迌
Taipei 耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
Kaohsiung 耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
Kinmen 𨑨迌
Penang (Hokkien) 𨑨迌, 奕
Singapore (Hokkien) 耍2, 𨑨迌
Manila (Hokkien) 奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌
Longyan 𨑨迌
Zhangping 𨑨迌
Datian 嬉
Chaozhou 耍2, 𨑨迌
Raoping 耍2
Shantou 耍2, 𨑨迌
Shantou (Chenghai) 𨑨迌
Jieyang 耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
Lufeng 𨑨迌
Haifeng 𨑨迌
Bangkok (Teochew) 𨑨迌
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𨑨迌
Singapore (Teochew) 耍2, 𨑨迌
Pontianak (Teochew) 耍2
Leizhou 弄
Wenchang 弄
Haikou 弄
Qionghai 弄
Singapore (Hainanese) 弄
Puxian Min Putian 搭聊
Xianyou 搭聊
Min Zhong Yong'an 嬉
Sanyuan 嬉
Shaxian 嬉
Wu Shanghai 白相
Suzhou 白相
Ningbo 嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
Wenzhou 嬉, 玩, 狡調
Jinhua 嬉
Xiang Changsha 玩
Shuangfeng 耍1
Quanzhou 耍1
Descendants
  • Wutunhua: wan

Compounds
Derived terms from 玩

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • ngóan - literary (“to tease; toy”).
Note:
  • nguâng - literary (“to tease; to enjoy; toy”).
Note:
  • nguêng2 - Chaozhou;
  • nguang2 - Shantou.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 3hhuoe; 3me
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɦv̩ʷø²³/, /me̞²³/
Rime
Character 玩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五換切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋwanH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuɑnH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 玩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngwanH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ]ˁo[n]-s/
English plaything

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 玩
Reading # 1/1
No. 16120
Phonetic
component		 元
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 玩
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋoːns/

Definitions

玩

  1. † to hold and fondle; to play with; to toy with; to dally with
  2. † to enjoy; to appreciate
  3. † toy; plaything; object for appreciation
  4. † to trifle with; to treat without seriousness or respect
  5. † to savour; to deliberate

Compounds
Derived terms from 玩

Japanese

Kanji
玩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. to play with; to toy with

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 玩 (MC ŋuɑnH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [wa̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [완(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource 玩 (eumhun 즐길 완 (jeulgil wan))

  1. Hanja form? of 완 (“play”).

Compounds
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

玩: Hán Nôm readings: ngoạn

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