莞爾

Chinese
smile
 
thus; so; like that
thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (莞爾) 莞 爾
simp. (莞尔) 莞 尔

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 莞 爾
Reading # 3/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 刪 (70) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 戸板切 兒氏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠuanX/ /ȵiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚanX/ /ȵiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɐnX/ /ȵʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwaɨnX/ /ȵiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuanX/ /ȵieX/
Wang
Li		 /ɣwanX/ /ȵʑǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwanX/ /ȵʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huàn ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 waan6 ji5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 爾
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ěr
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyeX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*n[ə][r]ʔ/
English (adv. suffix)

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 莞 爾
Reading # 3/3 1/1
No. 16140 2817
Phonetic
component		 元 爾
Rime
group		 元 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 睆 爾
Old
Chinese		 /*ɦŋroːnʔ/ /*njelʔ/
Notes 說文尒聲，甲金文象檷初文，
取林義光說

Adjective

莞爾

  1. (literary) smiling
    莞爾一笑／莞尔一笑  ―  wǎn'ěryīxiào  ―  give a soft smile

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (莞爾):
  • → Japanese: 莞(かん)爾(じ) (kanji)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
莞 爾
かん
Jinmeiyō		 じ
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

莞(かん)爾(じ) • (kanji) †-tari (adnominal 莞(かん)爾(じ)たる (kanji taru), adverbial 莞(かん)爾(じ)と (kanji to) or 莞(かん)爾(じ)として (kanji to shite))

  1. smiling
    莞爾(かんじ)として笑(わら)う
    kanji to shite warau
    to smile cheerfully, to beam with a smile
    Synonyms: にっこり, 微笑み

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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