# 碗

| 碗 | U+7897, &#30871; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7897 |
| ← 碖 [U+7896] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 碘 → [U+7898] |

## Translingual
### Han character

碗 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口十弓山 (MRJNU), four-corner 1361$_2$, composition ⿰石宛)

#### Derived characters

* 𫾊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 832, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24306
* Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7897

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 涴 | *qoːls, *qoːn, *qonʔ |
| 埦 | *qoːn |
| 豌 | *qoːn |
| 剜 | *qoːn |
| 眢 | *qoːn, *qon |
| 蜿 | *qoːn, *qon, *qonʔ |
| 帵 | *qoːn |
| 碗 | *qoːnʔ |
| 椀 | *qoːnʔ |
| 盌 | *qoːnʔ |
| 腕 | *qoːns |
| 惋 | *qoːns |
| 捥 | *qoːns |
| 睕 | *qoːns, *qonʔ, *qoːd |
| 琬 | *qoːns, *qonʔ |
| 鴛 | *quːn, *qon |
| 鵷 | *qon |
| 惌 | *qon, *qonʔ |
| 宛 | *qon, *qonʔ |
| 怨 | *qon, *qons |
| 葾 | *qon |
| 夗 | *qonʔ |
| 婉 | *qonʔ |
| 菀 | *qonʔ, *qud |
| 苑 | *qonʔ, *qons |
| 踠 | *qonʔ |
| 畹 | *qonʔ, *qons |
| 倇 | *qonʔ |
| 晼 | *qonʔ |
| 黦 | *qod, *qod, *qud |
| 焥 | *qoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːnʔ) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

### Etymology

From 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”) + -n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wǎn (wan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wan$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wàn
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): wǎn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ван (van, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): wun$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): von$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): uon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vón
    (Hailu, HRS): von$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): von$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): van$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): uǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): uāng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ua$^3$ / uaⁿ$^3$ / uang$^3$ / uong$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ / oán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uan$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ua$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): wun$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$uoe / $^3$ue / $^3$uoe / $^3$oe / $^3$uon / $^3$uoen / $^3$un
** (Jinhua): $^3$ua; $^3$uan
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): onn$^3$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): uenn$^3$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): uen$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^3$
*** Yale: wǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (碗兒 / 碗儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnr
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: wǎnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woal
*** Palladius: ваньр (vanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑɻ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wan$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uan
*** Sinological IPA : /uan⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: wàn
*** Sinological IPA : /uã⁵³/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: wǎn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): wan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /uã¹¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ван (van, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /væ̃⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wun$^2$
*** Yale: wún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wun$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːn³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: wun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /vun³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: von$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /vᵘɔn⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: uon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /uɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón
*** Hakka Romanization System: von$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: von$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /von³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: von$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /von²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: von$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: van$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /uiŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uāng
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ua$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ua⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uaⁿ$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ũã³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ³³²/
* ua3/uaⁿ3 - vernacular;
* uang3/uong3 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit碗 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uan²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /uan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /van¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /vã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /vã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /uan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /uã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /uã⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /van⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /van⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /uan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /uan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /uan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /uã̠⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /uaŋ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʊ̃²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /væ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /uɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /væ̃⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /uø³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /uø⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔuõ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /j̠y³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /uɛ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /uːə³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /õ⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɔn⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uɵn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /von³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /von³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wun³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wun³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wun³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /uan⁵³/ /uã⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uaŋ³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /uiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /uã⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ua²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'wanX
Rime :
| Character | 碗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏管切 |
| Baxter | 'wanX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔuɑn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷɑn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔuɑn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔwan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔuɑn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /uɑn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔuɑn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wun$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 碗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16272 |
| Phonetic component | 夗 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 椀 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 盌椀晚起字 |

### Definitions

碗
* bowl (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c h; 塊／块 mn)
    洗碗 ― xǐwǎn ― to wash the dishes
* bowl-like object
* Classifier for the quantity of a bowl: bowlful
    一碗米飯／一碗米饭 ― yī wǎn mǐfàn ― a bowl of rice
    一碗粥 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ wun$^2$ zuk$^1$ [Jyutping] ― a bowl of congee

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 碗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 碗, 碗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 碗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 碗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 碗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 碗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 碗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 碗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 碗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 碗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 碗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 碗兒, 碗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 碗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 碗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 碗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 碗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 碗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 碗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 碗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 碗兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 碗盞, 碗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 碗, 盞子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 碗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 碗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 碗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 碗, 甌 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 碗 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 碗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 碗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 碗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 碗, 碗公, 碗仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 碗公 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 碗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 碗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 碗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 碗 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 碗 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 碗, 碗頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 碗 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 碗, 碗頭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 碗, 碗頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 碗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 碗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 碗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 碗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 碗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 碗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 碗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 碗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 碗盞 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 碗盞, 碗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 碗盞 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 碗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 碗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 碗, 蓮花子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 碗 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 碗 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 碗(わん) (wan)
Others:
* → Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban)
* → Jingpho: wan
* → Lü: ᦛᦱᧃᧈ (v̇aan¹)
* → Tai Nüa: ᥝᥣᥢᥱ (wǎan)
* → Zhuang: vanj
* Wutunhua: wan

### Compounds

* 七碗茶
* 丟飯碗 / 丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
* 五牲看碗
* 供碗
* 大盤大碗 / 大盘大碗
* 大碗公
* 打破飯碗 / 打破饭碗
* 打碗頭 / 打碗头
* 折碗
* 找飯碗 / 找饭碗
* 搶飯碗 / 抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
* 泥飯碗 / 泥饭碗
* 洗碗機 / 洗碗机 (xǐwǎnjī)
* 海碗 (hǎiwǎn)
* 烘碗機 / 烘碗机
* 瓷碗 (cíwǎn)
* 瓷飯碗 / 瓷饭碗
* 白定碗
* 砸飯碗 / 砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)
* 碗公 (wǎngōng)
* 碗子
* 碗櫥 / 碗橱 (wǎnchú)
* 碗盤 / 碗盘 (wǎnpán)
* 碗碗腔
* 碗碟 (wǎndié)
* 碗筷 (wǎnkuài)
* 碗粿 (wǎnguǒ)
* 碗糕 (wǎngāo)
* 碗脫 / 碗脱
* 碗足兒 / 碗足儿
* 箸長碗短 / 箸长碗短
* 紙飯碗 / 纸饭碗
* 舔碗邊 / 舔碗边
* 茶碗 (cháwǎn)
* 蓋碗 / 盖碗 (gàiwǎn)
* 金飯碗 / 金饭碗
* 鍋碗瓢盆 / 锅碗瓢盆 (guōwǎnpiáopén)
* 鐵飯碗 / 铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)
* 電碗 / 电碗
* 飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn)

## Japanese
### Alternative forms

* (honorific) お碗(わん) (o-wan)

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* porcelain bowl
* teacup

#### Readings

* Go-on: わん (wan)
* Kan-on: わん (wan)
* Kun: こばち (kobachi, 碗)

#### Compounds

* 茶碗(ちゃわん) (chawan)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 碗
* わん Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 椀 盂 (rare)
From Middle Chinese 碗 (MC 'wanX).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) わん [wàń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [β̞ã̠ɴ]

### Noun

碗(わん) • (wan)
* bowl

#### Usage notes

* 碗 (with the stone radical 石) is preferred for porcelain bowls and the like, while 椀 (with the wood radical 木) is preferred for wood bowls.

### Counter

碗(わん) • (-wan)
* counter for bowls of food or drink

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

碗 (eumhun 사발 완 (sabal wan))
* hanja form of 완 (“(porcelain) bowl”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

碗: Hán Nôm readings: oản, uyển
* (obsolete) bowl

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).