# 翰

| 翰 | U+7FF0, &#32752; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FF0 |
| ← 翯 [U+7FEF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 翱 → [U+7FF1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

翰 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十十人尸一 (JJOSM), four-corner 4842$_7$, composition ⿰龺⿱𠆢羽)

#### Derived characters

* 瀚, 𨯪

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 958, character 43
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28780
* Dae Jaweon: page 1405, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3353, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7FF0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 乾 | *kaːn, *ɡran |
| 漧 | *kaːn |
| 倝 | *kaːns |
| 榦 | *kaːns |
| 韓 | *ɡaːn |
| 鶾 | *ɡaːn |
| 翰 | *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 瀚 | *ɡaːns |
| 螒 | *ɡaːns |
| 雗 | *ɡaːns |
| 斡 | *qʷaːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns): phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hàn (han$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hon
* Eastern Min (BUC): hâng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hang$^5$ / hang$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hàn
*** Wade–Giles: han$^4$
*** Yale: hàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hann
*** Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^6$
*** Yale: hohn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon
*** Hakka Romanization System: hon
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hon⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hâng
*** Sinological IPA : /hɑŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān
*** Tâi-lô: hān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: han
*** IPA (Xiamen): /han²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /han³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hang$^5$ / hang$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng / hāng
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ⁵⁵/, /haŋ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghoe
*** MiniDict: ghoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦø²³/
* Middle Chinese: han, hanH
Rime :
| Character | 翰 | 翰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡安切 | 侯旰切 |
| Baxter | han | hanH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑn/ | /ɦɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑn/ | /ɦɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑn/ | /ɣɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦan/ | /ɦan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑn/ | /ɣɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑn/ | /ɣɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑn/ | /ɣɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hán | hàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^4$ | hon$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤar/, /*[ɡ]ˤar-s/, /*m-kˤar-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːn/, /*ɡaːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 翰 | 翰 | 翰 | 翰 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hàn | hàn | hàn | hàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ han$^H$ › | ‹ han$^H$ › | ‹ han$^H$ › | ‹ han$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁar/ (MC implies *-s) | /*[ɡ]ˁar-s/ | /*[ɡ]ˁar-s/ | /*m-kˁar-s/ |
| English | white (of a horse) | pheasant; feather, wing | high | prop up, support |
| 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 | 翰 | 翰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 3704 | 3705 |
| Phonetic component | 倝 | 倝 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 寒 | 翰 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːn/ | /*ɡaːns/ |

### Definitions

翰
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) golden pheasant
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fly high
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long and hard feather
* (literary, or in compounds) writing brush
    From: 272, Xiang Xiu (向秀),《思舊賦》(Recalling Old Time), translated by Burton Watson
    Tíngjià yán qí jiāng mài xī, suì yuán hàn ér xiě xīn. [Pinyin]
    I halted my carriage before going farther, To take a brush and write what is in my heart.
* (literary, or in compounds) writing; literary work
* (literary or polite) letter of correspondence
* (literary) literary talent
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) white horse

#### 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 |

### Compounds

* 宸翰 (chénhàn)
* 屏翰
* 弄翰
* 弱翰
* 手翰
* 揮翰 / 挥翰
* 揮翰成風 / 挥翰成风
* 揮翰臨池 / 挥翰临池
* 搦翰
* 摛翰
* 摛翰振藻
* 操翰成章
* 操觚染翰
* 文翰
* 書翰 / 书翰
* 染翰
* 柔翰
* 染翰操紙 / 染翰操纸
* 染翰操觚
* 筆翰如流 / 笔翰如流
* 約翰 / 约翰 (Yuēhàn)
* 約翰牛 / 约翰牛
* 約翰福音 / 约翰福音 (Yuēhàn Fúyīn)
* 約翰遜 / 约翰逊 (Yuēhànxùn)
* 翰札
* 翰林 (Hànlín)
* 翰林院 (Hànlínyuàn)
* 翰池
* 翰海
* 翰苑
* 翰苑之光
* 翰藻
* 翰諭 / 翰谕
* 翰音
* 翰飛 / 翰飞 (hànfēi)
* 翰墨 (hànmò)
* 翰墨志
* 華翰 / 华翰
* 藻翰
* 詞翰 / 词翰
* 辱承華翰 / 辱承华翰
* 還翰 / 还翰
* 飛文染翰 / 飞文染翰
* 龍翰鳳翼 / 龙翰凤翼

### References

* “翰”, 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

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 翰󠄂 翰+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 翰 |
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### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: がん (gan)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Kun: ふで (fude, 翰)、ふみ (fumi, 翰)、はね (hane)、やまどり (yamadori)
* Nanori: ふみ (fumi)

## Korean
### Hanja

翰 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

翰: Hán Nôm readings: hàn
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