# 棺

| 棺 | U+68FA, &#26874; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68FA |
| ← 棹 [U+68F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 棻 → [U+68FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

棺 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十口口 (DJRR), four-corner 4397$_7$, composition ⿰木官)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 535, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14993
* Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1238, character 9
* Unihan data for U+68FA

## 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 *koːn, *koːns): semantic 木 + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwaŋ (“trough; boat; box; tray”) (STEDT's provisional reconstruction).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guān (guan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуан (guan, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): guon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kôn
    (Hailu, HRS): gon$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): guon$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): guíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): guăng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guang$^1$ / guong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ / koan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guan$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kuoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gonn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guan
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: guan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guan
*** Sinological IPA : /kuan⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуан (guan, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kuæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gun$^1$
*** Yale: gūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gun$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kᵘɔn³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: guon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: guon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɔn⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guíng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ / koan
*** Tâi-lô: kuann / kuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaf, koafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴/, /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³/, /kuan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴/, /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴/, /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴/, /kuan⁴⁴/
* koaⁿ - vernacular;
* koan - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kwan
Rime :
| Character | 棺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古丸切 |
| Baxter | kwan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwan/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤa[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 棺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwan › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷˁa[n]/ |
| English | inner coffin |
| 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 | 棺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4436 |
| Phonetic component | 官 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 官 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːn/ |

#### Definitions

棺
* (now Southern Min or in compounds) coffin; inner coffin
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
    Lǐ yě sǐ, yǒu guān ér wú guǒ. [Pinyin]
    There was Li; when he died, he had a coffin but no outer shell.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 棺, 木, 棺木 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棺材, 棺木, 壽材 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 棺材, 材 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棺材 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 棺材 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棺材, 坷漏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 壽木 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 枋, 棺子, 棺材, 材, 壽材 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 棺材, 棺木, 壽材 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 棺材, 壽板 †, 壽材 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 棺材, 枋子, 壽枋 †, 壽木 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 棺材, 壽木 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 木頭, 大木, 材子, 老家 †, 大老家 †, 壽木 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 棺材 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 棺木, 棺材, 四塊半, 壽枋 †, 壽板 †, 長生板 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 棺材 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 棺材 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 棺材, 壽木 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 棺材 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 棺材, 四塊板, 壽材 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 棺材, 四塊半, 四塊板, 四方竇, 長生板, 壽板 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 棺材, 四塊半, 長生板, 壽板 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 棺材, 壽板 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 棺材, 壽板 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 壽木 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 木, 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 棺材, 四塊半, 木訥, 壽材 †, 壽方 † |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 棺材 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 棺材, 四塊半, 壽板 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 棺材 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 棺材, 壽木 †, 壽材 † |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 棺材, 長生, 料, 壽樹 † |
| Hakka | Meixian | 棺材, 棺木, 長生板, 壽材 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 長生 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 棺材, 壽枋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 棺材, 長生 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 長生, 大屋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 木頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 木頭 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 壽棺材 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 長生大屋, 長生板 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 棺木 |
| Hakka | Changting | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 木頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 棺木, 福板 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 長生木 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 木頭 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 壽木, 老屋, 壽具, 蓄樹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 棺材, 壽床, 老屋, 壽木 † |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 萬年床 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 壽櫃 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 壽材 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 棺材, 大壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡ |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 棺材, 壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡ |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 棺材, 壽記 ‡ |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 棺材, 大壽 ‡, 大屋 ‡ |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 棺材, 大屋 ‡ |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 棺材, 壽房 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 長生 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 長生, 壽板 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 壽 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 壽木 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 棺材, 壽板, 棺木 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 棺材, 四塊半, 長生板 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 棺材 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 棺樵, 大屋 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 棺材 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽木 † |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽木 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 棺材, 壽器 †, 大頭 † |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 棺木, 四塊板 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 棺材, 棺木, 壽板 † |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴, 大厝 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 棺柴, 棺, 壽柴 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 壽板, 老壽 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 棺柴, 棺, 壽板 †, 壽柴 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 棺柴, 大壽 ‡ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 棺柴, 壽板 ‡ |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 棺柴, 壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽板 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 棺柴, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 棺柴, 棺木 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 棺柴, 板仔, 大厝 ‡, 壽板 ‡, 大壽 ‡, 壽 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 棺柴, 大壽 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 棺柴, 壽板 ‡, 壽枋 ‡, 大厝 ‡, 棺木 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 棺柴, 壽 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 棺柴, 大厝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 棺柴, 棺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 棺柴, 大厝, 長生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 棺柴, 大厝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 棺柴, 大厝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 大厝, 四個半 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 棺柴 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 棺材, 壽板 † |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 棺材 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 棺材, 四塊半, 四合板, 壽木 †, 壽板 † |
| Wu | Shanghai | 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 † |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 棺材, 材, 壽材 † |
| Wu | Suzhou | 棺材, 壽材 †, 壽器 † |
| Wu | Danyang | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棺材, 壽材 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 棺材, 枋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 棺材, 材, 壽材 †, 壽屋 † |
| Xiang | Changsha | 棺材, 料, 棺木, 壽枋 † |
| Xiang | Loudi | 棺材, 料, 長生 †, 壽器 † |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 木, 大料 |
| Note | † - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant name | † - prepared before one's death; ‡ - elegant name |
* 壽棺／寿棺
* (Hokkien) 杉板, 薄板仔

#### Compounds

* 一棺之土
* 同棺
* 命棺
* 大劈棺
* 大棺
* 封棺
* 屬棺 / 属棺
* 弔棺 / 吊棺
* 懸棺葬 / 悬棺葬
* 斲棺
* 杝棺
* 東園梓棺 / 东园梓棺
* 桐棺
* 桐棺三寸
* 梓棺
* 棺中懸鏡 / 棺中悬镜
* 棺具
* 棺函
* 棺器
* 棺屍 / 棺尸
* 棺斂 / 棺敛
* 棺木 (guānmù)
* 棺束
* 棺材
* 棺材座子
* 棺材本
* 棺材板
* 棺材楦子
* 棺材瓤子
* 棺材穰子
* 棺柩 (guānjiù)
* 棺椑
* 棺槨 / 棺椁 (guānguǒ)
* 棺槥
* 棺櫝 / 棺椟
* 棺櫬 / 棺榇
* 棺殮 / 棺殓
* 棺殯槨葬 / 棺殡椁葬
* 棺罩 (guānzhào)
* 棺蓋 / 棺盖 (guāngài)
* 棺衾
* 棺郭
* 棺釘 / 棺钉
* 棺錢 / 棺钱
* 棺題 / 棺题
* 棺飾 / 棺饰 (guānshì)
* 正棺
* 殯棺 / 殡棺
* 水晶棺
* 沒底棺材 / 没底棺材
* 玉棺
* 瓦棺
* 瓦棺篆鼎
* 白玉棺
* 石棺 (shíguān)
* 糊假棺
* 老棺材
* 蓋棺 / 盖棺
* 蓋棺事定 / 盖棺事定
* 蓋棺定論 / 盖棺定论 (gàiguāndìnglùn)
* 蓋棺論定 / 盖棺论定 (gàiguānlùndìng)
* 裏棺 / 里棺
* 起棺
* 輿棺 / 舆棺
* 通替棺
* 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
* 采棺
* 金棺
* 闔棺 / 阖棺
* 革棺
* 飾棺 / 饰棺

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guān, guàn (guan$^1$, guan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ, ㄍㄨㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guan
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^4$
*** Yale: gwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: kwanH
Rime :
| Character | 棺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古玩切 |
| Baxter | kwanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 棺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4452 |
| Phonetic component | 官 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 貫 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːns/ |

#### Definitions

棺
* (obsolete) to lay a body in a coffin
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Wèi qí suǒ dé zhě, guān ér chū zhī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* “棺”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01952

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* coffin

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kun: ひつぎ (hitsugi, 棺)

#### Compounds

* 棺(かん)桶(おけ) (kan'oke)
* 棺(かん)槨(かく), 棺(かん)椁(かく) (kankaku)
* 棺(かん)台(だい) (kandai)
* 棺(かん)箱(ばこ) (kanbako)
* 棺(かん)文(もん) (kanmon)
* 蓋(がい)棺(かん) (gaikan)
* 甕(かめ)棺(かん) (kamekan)
* 座(ざ)棺(かん), 坐(ざ)棺(かん) (zakan)
* 出(しゅっ)棺(かん) (shukkan)
* 水(すい)棺(かん) (suikan)
* 石(せき)棺(かん) (sekikan)
* 石(せっ)棺(かん) (sekkan)
* 陶(とう)棺(かん) (tōkan)
* 入(にゅう)棺(かん) (nyūkan)
* 寝(ね)棺(かん) (nekan)
* 納(のう)棺(かん) (nōkan)
* 木(もっ)棺(かん) (mokkan)
* 斂(れん)棺(かん) (renkan)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 棺
* ひつぎ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 柩

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “櫃木？”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひつぎ [hìtsúgí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çit͡sɨɡʲi]

### Noun

棺(ひつぎ) • (hitsugi)
* coffin

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 棺
* かん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 棺 (MC kwan).

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

棺(かん) • (kan)
* coffin; casket

##### Derived terms

* 棺(かん)を蓋(おお)う (kan o ōu)
* 棺(かん)を蓋(おお)いて事(こと)定(さだ)まる (kan o ōite koto sadamaru)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 棺 (MC kwan).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kwa̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [관]

### Hanja

Wikisource 棺 (eumhun 널 관 (neol gwan))
* hanja form of 관 (“coffin”)

#### Compounds

* 개관 (改棺, gaegwan)
* 개관 (蓋棺, gaegwan)
* 개관 (開棺, gaegwan)
* 거관 (擧棺, geogwan)
* 결관 (結棺, gyeolgwan)
* 관곽 (棺槨, gwan'gwak)
* 관구 (棺柩, gwan'gu)
* 관대 (棺臺, gwandae)
* 관렴 (棺殮, gwallyeom)
* 관문 (棺文, gwanmun)
* 관상 (棺上, gwansang)
* 관의 (棺衣, gwanui)
* 관재 (棺材, gwanjae)
* 관판 (棺板, gwanpan)
* 금관 (金棺, geumgwan)
* 납관 (納棺, napgwan)
* 내관 (內棺, naegwan)
* 노관 (露棺, nogwan)
* 대관 (大棺, daegwan)
* 도관 (陶棺, dogwan)
* 목관 (木棺, mokgwan)
* 석관 (石棺, seokgwan)
* 옹관 (甕棺, onggwan)
* 와관 (瓦棺, wagwan)
* 외관 (外棺, oegwan)
* 입관 (入棺, ipgwan)
* 출관 (出棺, chulgwan)
* 치관 (治棺, chigwan)
* 퇴관 (退棺, toegwan)
* 포관 (布棺, pogwan)
* 하관 (下棺, hagwan)
* 함관 (函棺, hamgwan)

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 棺

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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