# 管

| 管 | U+7BA1, &#31649; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BA1 |
| ← 箠 [U+7BA0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 箢 → [U+7BA2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

管 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口口 (HJRR), four-corner 8877$_7$, composition ⿱𥫗官)

#### Derived characters

* 𪴌, 𤪔, 䌣, 䲘(鳤), 𤻥

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 889, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26162
* Dae Jaweon: page 1316, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2986, character 5
* Unihan data for U+7BA1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 官 | *koːn |
| 棺 | *koːn, *koːns |
| 倌 | *koːn, *kroːns |
| 悹 | *koːn, *koːnʔ, *koːns |
| 涫 | *koːn, *koːns |
| 管 | *koːnʔ |
| 琯 | *koːnʔ, *kuːns |
| 痯 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
| 輨 | *koːnʔ |
| 錧 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
| 館 | *koːnʔ, *koːns |
| 婠 | *koːns, *qoːn, *qruːd |
| 悺 | *koːns |
| 逭 | *ɡoːns |
| 菅 | *kroːn |
| 綰 | *qroːnʔ, *qroːns |
| 捾 | *qoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːnʔ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guǎn (guan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): guàn
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): guǎn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуан (guan, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gun$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): guon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kón
    (Hailu, HRS): gon$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): guon$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guan$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): guǐng / gǒng
* Eastern Min (BUC): guāng / guōng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guang$^3$ / guong$^3$ / gue$^3$ / guiⁿ$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koán / kńg / kúiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guang$^2$ / guêng$^2$ / geng$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): guang$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gun$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$kuoe / $^3$kue / $^3$kuoe / $^3$kuon / $^3$kuoen / $^3$kun
** (Jinhua): $^3$kua; $^3$kuan
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gonn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^3$
*** Yale: gwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnr
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gwǎnr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goal
*** Palladius: гуаньр (guanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɑɻ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: guan$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guan
*** Sinological IPA : /kuan⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: guàn
*** Sinological IPA : /kuã⁵³/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: guǎn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): guan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuã¹¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуан (guan, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /kuæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gun$^2$
*** Yale: gún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gun$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuːn³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kun³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kᵘɔn⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: guon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: guon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɔn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guǐng / gǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuiŋ²¹/, /kɔŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guāng / guōng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ³³/, /kuoŋ³³/
* guāng - literary;
* guōng - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kwanX
Rime :
| Character | 管 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古滿切 |
| Baxter | kwanX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gun$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ/, /*kʷˤa[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 管 | 管 | 管 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guǎn | guǎn | guǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwan$^X$ › | ‹ kwan$^X$ › | ‹ kwan$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁo[n]ʔ/ | /*kʷˁa[n]ʔ/ | /*kʷˁa[n]ʔ/ |
| English | tube; flute | exhausted, helpless | helpless |
| 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 | 管 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4440 |
| Phonetic component | 官 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 管 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

管
* (music) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood
* (music, by extension) any wind instrument
* (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula
    吸管 ― xīguǎn ― straw
* (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush
* Classifier for tube-shaped objects.
* to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge
    管理 ― guǎnlǐ ― to manage
* to subject someone to discipline; to discipline
* to concern oneself with; to interfere with
    From: Various editors. c. 13th century. A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu (《朱子語類》)
    Nǐ guǎn tā zuòshèn! [Pinyin]
    Why mind them at all!
* to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply
* to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep
* despite; regardless of; irrespective of
* (colloquial) used in the pattern 管……叫…… (“to call (someone/something the name of)”), where 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name
       Táiwānrén guǎn huāshēng yě jiào tǔdòu. [Pinyin]
       Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆.
* (dialectal, colloquial) indicates the object of an action: to
* (Sichuanese) to be worth
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) measuring tool of half a sheng (升 (shēng))
* a surname
    管寧／管宁 ― Guǎn Níng ― Guan Ning

##### Synonyms

* (writing brush):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 管, 翰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 毛筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 毛筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 毛筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 水筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 水筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 毛筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 水筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 毛筆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 毛筆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 毛筆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 水筆, 毛筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 毛筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毛筆, 生紅 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 生胡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 毛筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 毛筆, 墨筆, 生活 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 生活, 筆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 毛筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 毛筆, 生花 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 毛筆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 生活 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 毛筆, 生活 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 生活 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛筆, 墨筆 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 墨筆, 毛筆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 毛筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 墨筆, 毛筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 毛筆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 毛筆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 毛筆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 毛筆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 毛筆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 墨筆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毛筆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 墨筆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 毛筆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 毛筆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 筆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 毛筆, 膨筆, 水筆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 毛筆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 毛筆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 毛筆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 毛筆, 筆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Linhe | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Jining | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Baotou | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 毛筆 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 毛筆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 毛筆, 墨筆, 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 毛筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 毛筆, 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 水筆 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 墨筆 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 墨筆 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 墨筆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 墨筆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 水筆, 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 水筆, 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 毛筆 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 毛筆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 毛筆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Wu | Danyang | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毛筆, 墨筆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 墨筆 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 墨筆 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 墨筆, 毛筆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 墨筆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 墨筆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 墨筆, 寫字筆, 筆 |
* (to concern oneself with):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 理, 管, 睬, 理睬, 理會 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 理, 搭理, 搭咯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 理, 管 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 理, 管 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 理, 搭理 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 招, 理 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 理, 睬, 理視, 耳視, 張視 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 邇, 理, 睬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 理 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 理, 睬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睬, 理, 騷 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 睬, 理, 騷 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 理, 睬 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 理 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 理, 搭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睬, 唰 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 理, 理睬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 理 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 叕, 插 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 插, 插趖, 插潲, 插管, 管待, 嘀厾, 理落 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 插, 插趖, 插潲, 嘀厾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 插, 插潲, 插管, 管待 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 插, 管, 管待 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 插潲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 插, 插潲, 管, 插管, 甩 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 插, 插潲, 管 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 睬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 理 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 睬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 插 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 理 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睬, 理 rare |
| Wu | Suzhou | 理, 睬 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 朝, 理 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 齒 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 齒, 搭, 邇 |
* (to assure):
* 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
* 保穩 / 保稳 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 保證 / 保证 (bǎozhèng)
* 保障 (bǎozhàng)
* 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
* 保領 / 保领 (Hokkien)
* 包
* 包保 (bāobǎo)
* 包管 (bāoguǎn) (colloquial)
* 包領 / 包领 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 擔保 / 担保 (dānbǎo)
* 確保 / 确保 (quèbǎo)
* 管保 (guǎnbǎo) (colloquial)
* 管教 (guǎnjiào)

#### Compounds

* 三不管 (sānbùguǎn)
* 不大管事
* 不管 (bùguǎn)
* 不管一二
* 不管不顧 / 不管不顾 (bùguǎnbùgù)
* 不管事
* 不管死活
* 不管皁白 / 不管皂白
* 不管部會 / 不管部会
* 不管閒事 / 不管闲事
* 主管 (zhǔguǎn)
* 主管機關 / 主管机关
* 二極管 / 二极管 (èrjíguǎn)
* 五均六管
* 交通管制
* 人事管理
* 人性管理
* 代管 (dàiguǎn)
* 以管窺天 / 以管窥天 (yǐguǎnkuītiān)
* 企業管理 / 企业管理 (qǐyè guǎnlǐ)
* 休管
* 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
* 信管
* 保護管束 / 保护管束
* 儘管 / 尽管
* 光電管 / 光电管
* 兔毫竹管
* 共同管道
* 共管 (gòngguǎn)
* 兼管 (jiānguǎn)
* 冷凝管
* 列管
* 別管 / 别管 (biéguǎn)
* 勞工管理 / 劳工管理
* 勾管
* 包管 (bāoguǎn)
* 北管 (běiguǎn)
* 北管戲 / 北管戏
* 半規管 / 半规管 (bànguīguǎn)
* 南管 (nánguǎn)
* 只管 (zhǐguǎn)
* 吸水管
* 吹管 (chuīguǎn)
* 吸管 (xīguǎn)
* 品管
* 品管員 / 品管员
* 品管圈
* 品質管制 / 品质管制
* 喉管 (hóuguǎn)
* 單簧管 / 单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn)
* 國際共管 / 国际共管
* 團管區 / 团管区
* 外匯管制 / 外汇管制
* 多管
* 多管是
* 多管閒事 / 多管闲事 (duōguǎnxiánshì)
* 大管是
* 好管閒事 / 好管闲事 (hào guǎn xiánshì)
* 妻管嚴 / 妻管严 (qīguǎnyán)
* 家庭管理 (jiātíng guǎnlǐ)
* 射精管 (shèjīngguǎn)
* 專管 / 专管
* 導尿管 / 导尿管 (dǎoniàoguǎn)
* 導管 / 导管 (dǎoguǎn)
* 導管分子 / 导管分子
* 小支氣管 / 小支气管 (xiǎozhīqìguǎn)
* 少管閒事 / 少管闲事 (shǎoguǎnxiánshì)
* 建管處 / 建管处
* 彤管
* 彤管流芳
* 彤管貽 / 彤管贻
* 彩管生花
* 微血管
* 急管繁絃 / 急管繁弦
* 截流管
* 戳肺管子 (chuō fèiguǎnzi)
* 拘管
* 排水管 (páishuǐguǎn)
* 接管 (jiēguǎn)
* 掌管 (zhǎngguǎn)
* 握管
* 搦管
* 搦管操觚
* 支氣管 / 支气管 (zhīqìguǎn)
* 支氣管炎 / 支气管炎 (zhīqìguǎnyán)
* 收管
* 文書管理 / 文书管理
* 映像管 (yìngxiàngguǎn)
* 晶體管 / 晶体管 (jīngtǐguǎn)
* 木管 (mùguǎn)
* 木管樂器 / 木管乐器 (mùguǎn yuèqì)
* 本管官
* 根管治療 / 根管治疗 (gēnguǎn zhìliáo)
* 樞管 / 枢管
* 檔案管理 / 档案管理
* 權威管教 / 权威管教
* 歐氏管 / 欧氏管 (ōushìguǎn)
* 毛細管 / 毛细管 (máoxìguǎn)
* 毛細管水 / 毛细管水
* 毛細血管 / 毛细血管 (máoxì xuèguǎn)
* 氧氣管 / 氧气管
* 氣管 / 气管 (qìguǎn)
* 氣管炎 / 气管炎 (qìguǎnyán)
* 水管 (shuǐguǎn)
* 泥塞竹管
* 泌尿管 (mìniàoguǎn)
* 淋巴管 (línbāguǎn)
* 涵管
* 淚管 / 泪管
* 溝通管道 / 沟通管道
* 漏斗管
* 漏管
* 滴管 (dīguǎn)
* 無因管理 / 无因管理 (wúyīn guǎnlǐ)
* 無管腺 / 无管腺
* 照管 (zhàoguǎn)
* 燈火管制 / 灯火管制 (dēnghuǒ guǎnzhì)
* 燈管 / 灯管
* 牙根管
* 牙管一雙 / 牙管一双
* 玉管
* 生產管制 / 生产管制
* 用管窺天 / 用管窥天
* 略陳管見 / 略陈管见
* 瘻管 / 瘘管 (lòuguǎn)
* 百事不管
* 皮托管 (Pítuōguǎn)
* 監管 / 监管 (jiānguǎn)
* 目標管理 / 目标管理
* 看管 (kānguǎn)
* 真空管 (zhēnkōngguǎn)
* 科學管理 / 科学管理
* 移液管
* 窺管 / 窥管
* 竹管開花 / 竹管开花
* 笳管
* 筆管 / 笔管 (bǐguǎn)
* 管下
* 管不了
* 管不住
* 管不著
* 管中窺豹 / 管中窥豹 (guǎnzhōngkuībào)
* 管中闚天 / 管中窥天
* 管事 (guǎnshì)
* 管井
* 管仲隨馬 / 管仲随马
* 管保 (guǎnbǎo)
* 管制 (guǎnzhì)
* 管制中心
* 管制區域 / 管制区域
* 管制品
* 管制塔臺 / 管制塔台
* 管制空域
* 管制站
* 管制路線 / 管制路线
* 管勁 / 管劲
* 管勾
* 管包
* 管區 / 管区 (guǎnqū)
* 管取
* 管商
* 管城子
* 管城毛穎 / 管城毛颖
* 管城生花
* 管夠 / 管够
* 管夫人
* 管子
* 管定
* 管家 (guǎnjiā)
* 管家娘子
* 管家婆 (guǎnjiāpó)
* 管寧割席 / 管宁割席
* 管就
* 管工 (guǎngōng)
* 管帶 / 管带 (guǎndài)
* 管帳 / 管帐
* 管幹 / 管干
* 管庫 / 管库
* 管弦 (guǎnxián)
* 管弦樂 / 管弦乐 (guǎnxiányuè)
* 管弦樂團 / 管弦乐团 (guǎnxián yuètuán)
* 管待 (guǎndài)
* 管情
* 管成
* 管手
* 管扳子
* 管押
* 管接頭 / 管接头
* 管換 / 管换
* 管收
* 管教 (guǎnjiào)
* 管晏
* 管束 (guǎnshù)
* 管材
* 管樂 / 管乐 (guǎnyuè)
* 管樂器 / 管乐器 (guǎnyuèqì)
* 管樂隊 / 管乐队
* 管段
* 管片
* 管理 (guǎnlǐ)
* 管理員 / 管理员 (guǎnlǐyuán)
* 管理權 / 管理权 (guǎnlǐquán)
* 管理科學 / 管理科学
* 管理費 / 管理费 (guǎnlǐfèi)
* 管用 (guǎnyòng)
* 管界 (guǎnjiè)
* 管穴
* 管窺 / 管窥
* 管窺之見 / 管窥之见
* 管窺筐舉 / 管窥筐举
* 管窺蠡測 / 管窥蠡测
* 管管
* 管籥
* 管約 / 管约
* 管網 / 管网 (guǎnwǎng)
* 管線 / 管线 (guǎnxiàn)
* 管總 / 管总
* 管腔 (guǎnqiāng)
* 管自
* 管色譜 / 管色谱
* 管蔡
* 管見 / 管见 (guǎnjiàn)
* 管見所及 / 管见所及
* 管訓 / 管训
* 管記 / 管记
* 管請 / 管请
* 管賬 / 管账
* 管足
* 管路 (guǎnlù)
* 管車 / 管车
* 管軍 / 管军
* 管轄 / 管辖 (guǎnxiá)
* 管轄權 / 管辖权 (guǎnxiáquán)
* 管道 (guǎndào)
* 管鉗子 / 管钳子
* 管閒事 / 管闲事 (guǎnxiánshì)
* 管闚錐指 / 管窥锥指
* 管領 / 管领 (guǎnlǐng)
* 管頭 / 管头
* 管顧 / 管顾
* 管風琴 / 管风琴 (guǎnfēngqín)
* 管飯 / 管饭
* 管鮑 / 管鲍
* 管鮑之交 / 管鲍之交 (guǎnbàozhījiāo)
* 管鮑分金 / 管鲍分金
* 篩管 / 筛管 (shāiguǎn)
* 簫管 / 箫管
* 簧管 (huángguǎn)
* 紙煤管子 / 纸煤管子
* 絃管 / 弦管
* 絲竹管絃 / 丝竹管弦
* 經管 / 经管 (jīngguǎn)
* 維管束 / 维管束 (wéiguǎnshù)
* 編管 / 编管
* 繁弦急管
* 總管 / 总管 (zǒngguǎn)
* 繁絲急管 / 繁丝急管
* 羌管
* 耳咽管 (ěryānguǎn)
* 肝總管 / 肝总管 (gānzǒngguǎn)
* 胸管
* 脈管 / 脉管 (màiguǎn)
* 膠管 / 胶管
* 膽囊管 / 胆囊管 (dǎnnángguǎn)
* 膽管 / 胆管 (dǎnguǎn)
* 膽總管 / 胆总管 (dǎnzǒngguǎn)
* 舊管 / 旧管
* 花粉管
* 英國管 / 英国管 (yīngguóguǎn)
* 落水管
* 蔥管 / 葱管
* 薩克斯管 / 萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn)
* 薩克管 / 萨克管 (sàkèguǎn)
* 蘆管 / 芦管
* 虹吸管
* 血管 (xuèguǎn)
* 血管操
* 血管瘤 (xuèguǎnliú)
* 血管硬化 (xuèguǎn yìnghuà)
* 袖管
* 褲管 / 裤管 (kùguǎn)
* 討收管 / 讨收管
* 託管 / 托管 (tuōguǎn)
* 託管地 / 托管地
* 試管 / 试管 (shìguǎn)
* 該管 / 该管
* 試管動物 / 试管动物
* 試管嬰兒 / 试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér)
* 調絃弄管 / 调弦弄管
* 證管會 / 证管会
* 象管
* 財務管理 / 财务管理 (cáiwù guǎnlǐ)
* 軍事管制 / 军事管制
* 輸卵管 / 输卵管 (shūluǎnguǎn)
* 輸尿管 / 输尿管 (shūniàoguǎn)
* 輸油管 / 输油管
* 輸精管 / 输精管 (shūjīngguǎn)
* 都管
* 配水幹管 / 配水干管
* 配水支管
* 配水管
* 鉛管 / 铅管
* 銅管 / 铜管 (tóngguǎn)
* 銀管 / 银管
* 銅管樂器 / 铜管乐器 (tóngguǎn yuèqì)
* 銅管樂隊 / 铜管乐队 (tóngguǎn yuèduì)
* 鋼管 / 钢管 (gāngguǎn)
* 鑰管 / 钥管
* 門插管兒 / 门插管儿
* 集中保管
* 集合管 (jíhéguǎn)
* 集尿管 (jíniàoguǎn)
* 雙管 / 双管 (shuāngguǎn)
* 雙管齊下 / 双管齐下 (shuāngguǎnqíxià)
* 雙簧管 / 双簧管 (shuānghuángguǎn)
* 雷管 (léiguǎn)
* 頭管 / 头管
* 顯像管 / 显像管 (xiǎnxiàngguǎn)
* 食管 (shíguǎn)
* 鳴管 / 鸣管 (míngguǎn)
* 麥管 / 麦管
* 黑管 (hēiguǎn)
* 鼻淚管 / 鼻泪管 (bílèiguǎn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 管(かん) (kan)
* → Korean: 관(管) (gwan)
* → Vietnamese: quản (管)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kóng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gong$^2$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng
*** Tâi-lô: kóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: korng
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /kɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gong$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóng
*** Sinological IPA : /koŋ⁵²/

#### Definitions

管
* (Hokkien, Teochew) tube; pipe; short cylinder
    火管 [Hokkien] ― hé-kóng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― blowpipe (for cooking)
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for tube; pipe.
    一管水 [Hokkien] ― chi̍t kóng chúi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a tube of water
* (Teochew) ladle

#### Compounds

* 嗍管
* 手管
* 拔封管
* 搭管仔
* 歕管 / 𬅫管
* 漉管
* 火管
* 煙筒管 / 烟筒管
* 竹管
* 竹管蓆 / 竹管席
* 米管
* 羊管
* 羊管𡳞脬
* 羊管鬚 / 羊管须
* 耳管仔
* 𧌄管蟬 / 𧌄管蝉
* 酒管
* 鐵管仔 / 铁管仔
* 長管靴 / 长管靴
* 靴管
* 鞋管
* 鼻漉管
* 齒管 / 齿管

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tong'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún
*** Tâi-lô: kún
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuon
*** IPA (Lukang): /kun⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen): /kun⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /kun⁴²/
*** IPA (Penang): /kun⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /kun³¹/

#### Definitions

管
* (Hokkien) Used in 頷管／颔管, alternative form of 頷頸 / 颔颈.

### References

* “管”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* pipe
* wind instrument
* administer
* brush; handle of a brush

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kun: くだ (kuda, 管, Jōyō)、ふえ (fue, 管)、つかさどる (tsukasadoru, 管る)
* Nanori: うち (uchi)、すが (suga)、すげ (suge)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 管
* かん Grade: 4
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 管 (kuɑn$^X$, “pipe, tube”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

管(かん) • (kan)
* pipe
* a wind instrument

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 管
* くだ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 莩 (rare)
From Old Japanese 管 (kuda, “pipe, tube”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くだ [kúꜜdà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kɯ̟da̠]

#### Noun

管(くだ) • (kuda)
* a pipe or tube, such as that made of bamboo, wood, metal, or rubber
* a pirn or bobbin that hold the thread within a weaving shuttle (from the way the earliest shuttles were made from bamboo tubes)
* spool onto which thread is reeled on a spinning wheel
* (military) Short for 管の笛 (kuda no fue, “a kind of small pipe or flute used for signalling during a battle, similar to a fife”).
* an agricultural tool used to thresh cut rice stalks
* Short for 管狐 (kudagitsune, “a kind of mythical fox roughly the size of a weasel, that would live in bamboo stalks and make prophecies of the future”).

### References

* ↑ “管”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

管 (eumhun 피리 관 (piri gwan))
* hanja form of 관 (“pipe, tube”)
* hanja form of 관 (“piri, a woodwind instrument”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

管: Hán Nôm readings: quản
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.