# 亘

| 亘 | U+4E98, &#20120; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E98 |
| ← 亗 [U+4E97] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 亙 → [U+4E99] |

## Translingual
### Han character

亘 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一日一 (MAM), four-corner 1010$_6$, composition ⿱一旦 or ⿱𣄼一)

#### Derived characters

* 咺 垣 姮 峘 恒 洹 狟 晅 桓 烜 絙 䚙 貆 𧻚 䱎 刯 𠡚 宣 荁 𠠊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 262
* Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 17, character 16
* Unihan data for U+4E98

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亘 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | 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 |
Originally 𠄢: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 二 + 囘.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuān (xuan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^1$
*** Yale: sywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤar/, /*s-[q]ʷar/, /*swar/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亘 | 亘 | 亘 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huán | xuān | xuān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwan › | ‹ sjwen › | ‹ sjwen › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷˁar/ | /*s-[q]ʷar/ | /*swar/ (< *s-[q]ʷar) |
| English | turn around, turn back | turn around | 阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara ‘shining’ (E. Hàn) |
| 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. ||||

#### Definitions

亘
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to revolve around
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) whirlpool
* Alternative form of 宣 (xuān)

#### Compounds

* 阿會亘

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 亙 (“to extend all the way; to stretch; continuous; complete; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 亙).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 亘 – see 桓 (“Chinese soapberry; pillar used as a signpost; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 桓).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* span
* request

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)、がん (gan)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)、かん (kan)
* Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 亘める)
* Nanori: せん (sen)、のぶ (nobu)
As an alternative form of 亙:
* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: わたる (wataru, 亘る)、わたり (watari, 亘り)
* Nanori: とおる (tōru)、わたる (wataru)、わたり (watari)、ひろし (hiroshi)

#### Compounds

* 亘古(こうこ) (kōko): forever, from ancient times.
* 連亘(れんこう) (renkō): extending in a row

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 亘
* わたる Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 亙 (kyūjitai)
Nominalization of the verb 亘る (wataru, “to extend over, to spread over”).

### Proper noun

亘(わたる) • (Wataru)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

亘 • (seon, hwan) (hangeul 선, 환, revised seon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, hwan)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

亘: Hán Việt readings: cắng
亘: Nôm readings: cắng, cứng, hẵng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation