# 挽

| 挽 | U+633D, &#25405; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-633D |
| ← 挼 [U+633C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 挾 → [U+633E] |
| 挽 | U+2F8B9, &#194745; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B9 |
| ← 𢬌 [U+2F8B8] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 拼 → [U+2F8BA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

挽 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手弓日山 (QNAU), four-corner 5701$_6$, composition ⿰扌免)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12111
* Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1886, character 5
* Unihan data for U+633D
* Unihan data for U+2F8B9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 免 | *mronʔ |
| 娩 | *mronʔ, *mronʔ, *m̥ʰons, *monʔ, *mons, *muns |
| 勉 | *mronʔ |
| 俛 | *mronʔ |
| 鮸 | *mronʔ |
| 冕 | *mronʔ |
| 絻 | *mronʔ, *moːn, *muns |
| 婏 | *m̥ʰos |
| 浼 | *muːlʔ |
| 鞔 | *moːn |
| 悗 | *moːn |
| 嬎 | *m̥ʰons |
| 晚 | *monʔ |
| 挽 | *monʔ |
| 輓 | *monʔ, *mons |
| 脕 | *monʔ, *mons, *muns |
| 莬 | *muns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *monʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǎn (wan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waan$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bán / boán
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^3$
*** Yale: wǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^5$
*** Yale: wáahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán
*** Tâi-lô: bán
*** Phofsit Daibuun: barn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ban⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ban⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán
*** Tâi-lô: buán
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boarn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /buan⁵³/
* bán - vernacular;
* boán - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mjonX
Rime :
| Character | 挽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 無遠切 |
| Baxter | mjonX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉɐn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷiɐn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuɐn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuɐn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwɐn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯wɐn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maan$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*monʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 挽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9081 |
| Phonetic component | 免 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 晚 |
| Old Chinese | /*monʔ/ |

#### Definitions

挽
* to pull
* to pull back; to draw back
* (alt. form 輓／挽) to grieve; to mourn; to lament (a person's death)
* to save (damages, reputation, lost fortune, etc.); to recover; to reverse
* (alt. form 綰／绾) to roll up; to coil
* (Hokkien) to pluck; to pick; to pull out; to pull up
       sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       one's behavior as a child will be paralleled in adulthood 'if as a child one steals via picking calabash, then as adult one will steal via leading cattle away'
* (Hokkien) to twist; to bend; to swing (one's body)
* (Hokkien) to hold back; to hold down; to grab; to restrain
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) to pull a muscle; to sprain; to overstrain (e.g. the ankle, wrist, tendon, lumbar vertebrae, etc.)
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be sulkingly obstinate
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to endure; to persist; to put up with (an illness, injury, etc.)
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to economize; to cut back; to moderate oneself; to limit oneself; to temper oneself
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pull through

##### Synonyms

* (to pull):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拉, 挽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 抻, 扽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 抻, 拉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 拉, 抻, 扯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扯, 拉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拉, 扯, 𠡒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拽, 扽, 拉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 拉, 拽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拉, 掹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 拉, 掹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 掹, 拉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 拉 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扯, 𠡒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 挷 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拔, 揄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 搝, 擢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 搝, 擢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 搝, 擢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 搝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 搝, 擢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 搝, 擢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 搝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 𠡒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 拉, 𠡒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拉, 𢱋, 𠡒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扯, 悶 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扯 |
* 扳
* 拖 (tuō)
* 拉動 / 拉动 (lādòng)
* 拖拉 (tuōlā)
* 拖曳 (tuōyè)
* 牽引 / 牵引 (qiānyǐn)
* (to grieve):
* 哀悼 (āidào)
* 悼念 (dàoniàn)
* 悲悼 (bēidào)
* (to save): 挽回 (wǎnhuí)
* (to roll up): 捲起／卷起 (juǎnqǐ)
* (to pluck): 摘 (zhāi); (Hakka) 拗

#### Compounds

* 共挽鹿車 / 共挽鹿车
* 剝挽 / 剥挽
* 力挽狂瀾 / 力挽狂澜 (lìwǎnkuánglán)
* 挽回 (wǎnhuí)
* 挽手
* 挽手兒 / 挽手儿
* 挽救 (wǎnjiù)
* 挽歌 (wǎngē)
* 挽歌郎
* 挽留 (wǎnliú)
* 挽眉毛
* 挽袖
* 挽轂 / 挽毂
* 挽面 (wǎnmiàn)
* 挽麥子 / 挽麦子
* 推挽
* 遮挽
* 遮道挽留
* 鹿車共挽 / 鹿车共挽

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 挽 – see 輓 (“to pull; to draw; to mourn; to lament; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 輓).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### References

* “挽”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): waan$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^2$
*** Yale: wáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn³⁵/

#### Definitions

挽
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) Alternative form of 玩 (waan4-2)

## Japanese

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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: もん (mon)
* Kan-on: ばん (ban)
* Kun: ひく (hiku, 挽く)

## Korean
### Hanja

挽 • (man) (hangeul 만)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

挽: Hán Nôm readings: vãn
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#### References

* Nom Foundation