# 捐

| 捐 | U+6350, &#25424; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6350 |
| ← 捏 [U+634F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 捑 → [U+6351] |
| 捐 | U+2F8B7, &#194743; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B7 |
| ← 拔 [U+2F8B6] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 𢬌 → [U+2F8B8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

捐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口月 (QRB), four-corner 5602$_7$, composition ⿰扌肙)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12150
* Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6350
* Unihan data for U+2F8B7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 絹 | *kʷens |
| 狷 | *kʷens, *kʷeːns |
| 蜎 | *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn |
| 弲 | *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn |
| 娟 | *qʷen |
| 悁 | *qʷen |
| 捐 | *ɢʷen |
| 涓 | *kʷeːn |
| 鵑 | *kʷeːn |
| 睊 | *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns |
| 焆 | *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd |
| 鞙 | *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 埍 | *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 罥 | *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns |
| 羂 | *kʷleːnʔ |
| 瓹 | *kʷeːns |
| 梋 | *qʰʷeːn |
| 鋗 | *qʰʷeːn |
| 駽 | *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns |
| 琄 | *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 剈 | *qʷeːn |
| 肙 | *qʷeːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷen) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

### Etymology 1

The pronunciations in many varieties with velar plosive or palatal affricate initial are from 蠲 (MC kwen) (Li, 1988).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): juān (juan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gyun$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gun$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jyon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kian$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jye$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gṳíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): giŏng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koan / iân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giang$^1$ / giêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$cioe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyenn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^1$
*** Yale: jywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
*** Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: juan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guan
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^1$
*** Yale: gyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kun³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jyon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: gian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰian⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jye$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕye¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳíng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan / iân
*** Tâi-lô: kuan / iân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koafn, ieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/, /iɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: giang$^1$ / giêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
*** Sinological IPA : /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/
* giang1 - Shantou;
* giêng1 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: ywen
Rime :
| Character | 捐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 與專切 |
| Baxter | ywen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /juæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jwian/ |
| Li Rong | /iuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷen/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷen/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 捐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yuán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ywen › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷen/ |
| English | abandon; remove |
| 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 | 捐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16068 |
| Phonetic component | 肙 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 沿 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷen/ |

#### Definitions

捐
* to contribute
* to give up; to renounce
* to remove
* to donate
       bǎ...... juān gěi císhàn jīgòu [Pinyin]
       to donate... to charity
* to spend
* tax
* to dissipate

##### Synonyms

* (to give up):
* 丟掉／丢掉 (diūdiào)
* 丟棄／丢弃 (diūqì)
* 割 (literary, or in compounds)
* 割捨／割舍 (gēshě) (literary)
* 屏棄／屏弃 (bǐngqì)
* 廢棄／废弃 (fèiqì)
* 扔掉 (rēngdiào)
* 扔棄／扔弃 (rēngqì)
* 拋／抛 (pāo)
* 㧒捒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 㧒捔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 拋棄／抛弃 (pāoqì)
* 捨去／舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
* 捨棄／舍弃 (shěqì)
* 揕捒 (Hokkien)
* 揚棄／扬弃 (yángqì)
* 摒棄／摒弃 (bìngqì)
* 擯棄／摈弃 (bìnqì)
* 擯除／摈除 (bìnchú)
* 擲捒／掷捒 (Hokkien)
* 放捒 (Hokkien)
* 放棄／放弃 (fàngqì)
* 放生 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 棄絕／弃绝 (qìjué) (literary)
* 犧牲／牺牲 (xīshēng) (figurative)
* 甩捒 (Hokkien)
* 甩掉 (shuǎidiào)
* 遺棄／遗弃 (yíqì)
* 離棄／离弃 (líqì)

#### Compounds

* 上捐 (shàngjuān)
* 公益捐
* 募捐 (mùjuān)
* 唐捐 (tángjuān)
* 城門捐／城门捐
* 慷慨捐生
* 房捐
* 捐冊／捐册
* 捐前程
* 捐助 (juānzhù)
* 捐募 (juānmù)
* 捐官 (juānguān)
* 捐局
* 捐廢／捐废
* 捐忿與瑕／捐忿与瑕
* 捐棄／捐弃 (juānqì)
* 捐棄成見／捐弃成见
* 捐款 (juānkuǎn)
* 捐殘去殺／捐残去杀
* 捐獻／捐献 (juānxiàn)
* 捐班
* 捐生 (juānshēng)
* 捐生殉國／捐生殉国
* 捐瘠
* 捐監／捐监
* 捐稅／捐税 (juānshuì)
* 捐背
* 捐華務實／捐华务实
* 捐血 (juānxuè)
* 捐貲／捐赀
* 捐贈／捐赠 (juānzèng)
* 捐身
* 捐軀／捐躯 (juānqū)
* 捐軀報國／捐躯报国
* 捐軀殞首／捐躯殒首
* 捐軀濟難／捐躯济难
* 捐軀疆場／捐躯疆场
* 捐軀赴難／捐躯赴难
* 捐輸／捐输
* 捐金抵璧
* 捐錢／捐钱 (juānqián)
* 捐除
* 捐館／捐馆
* 摭華捐實／摭华捐实
* 斷首捐軀／断首捐躯
* 棄捐／弃捐
* 樂捐／乐捐 (lèjuān)
* 為國捐軀／为国捐躯
* 獨捐／独捐
* 登枝捐本
* 秋扇見捐／秋扇见捐
* 稅捐／税捐 (shuìjuān)
* 細大不捐／细大不捐
* 膏捐
* 花捐
* 苛捐雜稅／苛捐杂税 (kējuānzáshuì)
* 認捐／认捐
* 賑捐／赈捐
* 輸捐／输捐
* 鋪捐／铺捐
* 附捐郵票／附捐邮票

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: quyên (捐)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuán (yuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
* 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/

#### Definitions

捐
* Only used in 捐毒 (Yuándú).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^1$
*** Yale: gyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

捐
* (Cantonese) to burrow; to writhe through
    Synonym: 鑽／钻
    捐山窿 [Cantonese] ― gyun$^1$ saan$^1$ lung$^{4-1}$ [Jyutping] ― to burrow through a tunnel
    捐窿捐罅 [Cantonese] ― gyun$^1$ lung$^1$ gyun$^1$ laa$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to go to all sorts of places (lit. "to burrow through holes and cracks")
    醜到搵窿捐／丑到揾窿捐 [Cantonese] ― cau$^2$ dou$^3$ wan$^2$ lung$^1$ gyun$^1$ [Jyutping] ― extremely embarrassing (literally, “so embarrassing that one wants to find a cave and hide in it”)
       From: 開放詞典 [Kaifang Cidian]
       dung$^1$ tin$^1$ gyun$^1$ zo$^2$ jap$^6$ pei$^5$ dau$^3$ dou$^6$ zau$^6$ m$^4$ jyun$^6$ hei$^2$ san$^1$. [Jyutping]
       In the winter, once [you] get under a quilt, [you] don't want to get out.

#### Compounds

* 捐窿捐罅
* 捐褲襠／捐裤裆
* 搵窿捐／揾窿捐

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en)
* Kan-on: えん (en)
* Kun: すてる (suteru, 捐てる)、あたえる (ataeru, 捐える)

## Korean
### Hanja

捐 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

捐: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quen, quên
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