# 沅

| 沅 | U+6C85, &#27781; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C85 |
| ← 沄 [U+6C84] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 沆 → [U+6C86] |

## Translingual
### Han character

沅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水一一山 (EMMU), four-corner 3111$_1$, composition ⿰氵元)

#### Derived characters

* 𩂷, 𤂕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 610, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17186
* Dae Jaweon: page 1002, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1558, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6C85

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 沅江 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Yuan River (English)
* 沅州

#### 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 *ŋon) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuán (yuan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goán / goân
* 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: goán / goân
*** Tâi-lô: guán / guân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goarn, goaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan⁵³/, /ɡuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan⁴¹/, /ɡuan²³/
* Middle Chinese: ngjwon
Rime :
| Character | 沅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 愚袁切 |
| Baxter | ngjwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuan/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭwɐn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 沅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16146 |
| Phonetic component | 元 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 元 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋon/ |

#### Definitions

沅
* (～江) Yuan River in Hunan province
* (～州) name of prefecture during the reign of Wu Zetian

#### Compounds

* 沅州
* 沅江 (Yuán Jiāng)

### Etymology 2
#### Glyph origin

Simplified from 源 (原 → 元).

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 沅 – see 源 (“source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead; source; origin; root; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 源).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ごん (gon)
* Kan-on: げん (gen)
* Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)
* Kun: みなもと (minamoto, 沅)

## Korean
### Hanja

沅 (eum 원 (won))
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