# 貆

| 貆 | U+8C86, &#35974; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C86 |
| ← 貅 [U+8C85] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貇 → [U+8C87] |

## Translingual
### Han character

貆 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹一日一 (BHMAM), four-corner 1121$_6$, composition ⿰豸亘)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36543
* Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 12
* Unihan data for U+8C86

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貆 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 烜 | *qʰrolʔ, *qʰonʔ |
| 貆 | *qʰoːn, *ɡoːn, *qʰon |
| 峘 | *ɡoːn, *ɡɯːŋ |
| 狟 | *ɡoːn |
| 絙 | *ɡoːn, *kɯːŋ |
| 荁 | *ɡoːn |
| 宣 | *sqʰon |
| 咺 | *qʰonʔ |
| 暅 | *qʰonʔ |
| 桓 | *ɡʷaːn |
| 洹 | *ɡʷaːn, *ɢʷan |
| 揎 | *sqʰʷan |
| 愃 | *sqʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ |
| 瑄 | *sqʰʷan |
| 渲 | *sqʰʷans |
| 喧 | *qʰʷan |
| 萱 | *qʰʷan |
| 暄 | *qʰʷan |
| 諠 | *qʰʷan |
| 翧 | *qʰʷan |
| 蝖 | *qʰʷan |
| 垣 | *ɢʷan |
| 楦 | *qʰʷans |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huán, huān (huan$^2$, huan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄢ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huang$^2$ / huong$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huán
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huán
*** Wade–Giles: huan$^2$
*** Yale: hwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwan
*** Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯än³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huān
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huan
*** Wade–Giles: huan$^1$
*** Yale: hwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huan
*** Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯än⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: huong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /huoŋ¹³/
* Middle Chinese: xjwon, hwan, xwan
Rime :
| Character | 貆 | 貆 | 貆 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 匣 (33) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) | 桓 (62) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | I |
| Fanqie | 況袁切 | 胡官切 | 呼官切 |
| Baxter | xjwon | hwan | xwan |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hʉɐn/ | /ɦuɑn/ | /huɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷiɐn/ | /ɦʷɑn/ | /hʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiuɐn/ | /ɣuɑn/ | /xuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /huan/ | /ɦwan/ | /hwan/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuɐn/ | /ɣuɑn/ | /xuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭwɐn/ | /ɣuɑn/ | /xuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯wɐn/ | /ɣuɑn/ | /xuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuān | huán | huān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyun$^1$ | wun$^4$ | fun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːn/, /*ɡoːn/, /*qʰon/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 貆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjwon › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰar/ |
| English | badger (n.) |
| 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 | 貆 | 貆 | 貆 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 3948 | 3949 | 3955 |
| Phonetic component | 亘 | 亘 | 亘 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 歡 | 桓 | 暄 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰoːn/ | /*ɡoːn/ | /*qʰon/ |

### Definitions

貆
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 獾 (huān)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) young raccoon dog
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) porcupine

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “貆”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かん (kan)、がん (gan)、けん (ken)
* Kun: むじな (mujina)