# 黿

| 黿 | U+9EFF, &#40703; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EFF |
| ← 黾 [U+9EFE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鼀 → [U+9F00] |

## Translingual
### Han character

黿 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+4, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一一山山 (MMUU), four-corner 1071$_6$, composition ⿱元黽)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1523, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48261
* Dae Jaweon: page 2059, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4768, character 6
* Unihan data for U+9EFF

## Chinese

* 黿

### Glyph origin

| | 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／形声, OC *ŋoːn, *ŋon) : phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon) + semantic 黽 (“a kind of frog”).

### Etymology

Possibly the same word as 元 (OC *ŋon) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for its etymology. It may be related to 鰲 (OC *ŋaːw, “mythological turtle”) (Schuessler, 2007); see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuán (yuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gnioe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$
*** Yale: ywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
*** Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$
*** Yale: yùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
*** Tâi-lô: guân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gnioe
*** MiniDict: nyoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyyoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngjwon, ngwan
Rime :
| Character | 黿 | 黿 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 愚袁切 | 五丸切 |
| Baxter | ngjwon | ngwan |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋʉɐn/ | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷiɐn/ | /ŋʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiuɐn/ | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuan/ | /ŋwan/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiuɐn/ | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭwɐn/ | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wɐn/ | /ŋuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuán | wán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ | wun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoːn/, /*ŋon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 黿 | 黿 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16118 | 16147 |
| Phonetic component | 元 | 元 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 岏 | 元 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋoːn/ | /*ŋon/ |

### Definitions

黿
* Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
    Synonyms: 黿魚／鼋鱼 (yuányú), 癩頭黿／癞头鼋 (làitóuyuán)
* Alternative form of 蚖

### Compounds

* 玄黿／玄鼋
* 癩頭黿／癞头鼋 (làitóuyuán)
* 黿梁
* 黿橋／鼋桥
* 黿魚／鼋鱼 (yuányú)
* 黿鳴鱉應／鼋鸣鳖应
* 黿鼉／鼋鼍
* 黿鼎／鼋鼎

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* green sea turtle

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): げん (gen)、がん (gan)
* Kun: あおうみがめ (aoumigame)

## Korean
### Hanja

黿 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
* big turtle

## Vietnamese
### Han character

黿: Hán Việt readings: nguyên (愚(ngu)袁(viên)切(thiết))
* chữ Hán form of nguyên (“big sea turtle”).

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).
* ↑ Génibrel (1898).