# 冤

| 冤 | U+51A4, &#20900; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51A4 |
| ← 冣 [U+51A3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 冥 → [U+51A5] |
| 冤 | U+2F818, &#194584; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F818 |
| ← 冗 [U+2F817] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 仌 → [U+2F819] |

## Translingual
### Han character

冤 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓日戈 (BNAI) or 月弓山戈 (BNUI), four-corner 3741$_3$, composition ⿱冖兔)

#### Derived characters

* 𪡶, 𡟰, 𰔚, 𣹠, 𩌑, 𩝸, 𪑲, 𣍍, 蒬

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1587
* Dae Jaweon: page 293, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 305, character 1
* Unihan data for U+51A4
* Unihan data for U+2F818

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冤 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 冤 | *qon |
| 蒬 | *qon |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 冖 (“cover”) + 兔 (“rabbit”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yuān (yuan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yuan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyun$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân
    (Hailu, HRS): rhan$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ́ing
* Eastern Min (BUC): uŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng$^1$ / yeng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oan / un
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uêng$^1$ / uang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ioe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^1$
*** Yale: ywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
*** Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yuan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uan
*** Sinological IPA : /yan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^1$
*** Yale: yūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jᵘɔn³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
*** Hakka Romanization System: ien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhan$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒan⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ian⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ́ing
*** Sinological IPA : /yiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /œŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: yeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /yøŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan
*** Tâi-lô: uan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /uan³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un
*** Tâi-lô: un
*** Phofsit Daibuun: wn
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /un³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴/
* oan - literary (to argue);
* un - vernacular (limited, e.g. 冤屈).
* Middle Chinese: 'jwon
Rime :
| Character | 冤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於袁切 |
| Baxter | 'jwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔuan/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭwɐn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qon/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 冤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16094 |
| Phonetic component | 冤 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鴛 |
| Old Chinese | /*qon/ |
| Notes | 後或作寃 |

### Definitions

冤
* to wrong; to treat unjustly
* not cost-effective
* (literary, or in compounds) grievance; unjust
* (literary, or in compounds) enmity; hatred
* (Cantonese) to pester; to bother; to annoy
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       gan$^1$ zyu$^6$ hai$^6$ m$^4$ hai$^6$ zau$^6$ jyun$^1$ zyu$^6$ baa$^1$ baa$^1$ maa$^1$ maa$^1$ waa$^6$ ngo$^5$ zan$^1$ hai$^6$ soeng$^2$ hok$^6$ jyut$^6$ kek$^6$ aa$^3$ gam$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$? [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Cantonese) Alternative form of 㾓 (jyun$^1$, “sore; achy and tired”)
* (Southern Min) to argue; to quarrel

#### Synonyms

* (grievance): 委屈 (wěiqu)
* (enmity):
* 仇怨 (chóuyuàn)
* 仇恨 (chóuhèn)
* 冤仇 (yuānchóu)
* 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 怨恨 (yuànhèn)
* 敵意 / 敌意 (díyì)
* 梁子 (niang$^2$ zi$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* (to pester): 纏／缠 (chán)
* (to argue):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 吵吵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 打架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打嘴仗, 打仗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 打仗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嚷架兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 吵架 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吵架 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吵嘴, 吵架, 吵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 吵架, 吵嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吵嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 吵仗, 嚷仗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嚷仗, 吵架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吵架, 鬧起來 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吵架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吵窩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 吵嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 吵鬧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嘈, 怒交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 吵插 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 爭吵, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鬧交, 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 打交 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 爭交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 爭交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 鬧會 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘈交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 嗌交 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 罵相罵, 埂仗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 相罵, 埂, 吵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鬥鬧 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 嘈交哩, 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 詏 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 詏 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 爭嘴 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鬧交 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 嘈交, 罵交 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 罵交 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 嘈嘴哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 嘈交哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 嘈相罵 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 嘈嘴 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 嘈交仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 爭 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 嘈口, 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 嘈嘴 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嘈交, 相聲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 罵交 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 相詏 |
| Hakka | Changting | 講口, 鬥舌 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 嘈交子, 相罵 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 講口, 鬥舌 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 講口 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 講口 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 爭交 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 吵嘴 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 相罵 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 相嘈 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吵, 吵死 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 吵死 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吵, 嚷, 吵架 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 嚷架, 嚷 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 嚷架 |
| Jin | Handan | 吵架 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 相罵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 罵架 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 相罵 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 冤家, 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 冤家, 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 相喊 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 咬齧 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 咬齧 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 猴咬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 冤家, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冤家, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 相罵, 冤家, 交拚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 相罵, 冤家, 相嚷 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 相嚷, 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 冤家, 相諍, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 爭交 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相罵, 相詏, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 相罵, 相詏, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 相詏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 相詏, 鬥詏, 鬥相詏, 冤家, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 相罵, 相詏 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 相罵, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 相罵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 罵交 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 罵交 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 爭交, 爭架, 鬥口 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鬧交子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吵相罵, 淘氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 吵相罵, 相罵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 討相罵, 悖逆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 造孽, 造 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 亂起, 相亂, 爭起 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 相罵, 相爭, 接熱 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 相爭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 扯皮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 𪘬筋, 扯皮 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 爭吵 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “not cost-effective”):
* 上算 (shàngsuàn)
* 優惠 / 优惠 (yōuhuì)
* 划算 (huásuàn)
* 化算 (faa$^3$ syun$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 合摟兒 / 合搂儿 (hélòur) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 合盤 / 合盘 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 合算 (hésuàn)
* 實惠 / 实惠 (shíhuì)
* 抵 (dai$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 會值得 / 会值得 (Hokkien)
* 會行得 / 会行得 (Hokkien)
* 有盤 / 有盘 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 盤 / 盘 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 盤頭 / 盘头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 經濟 / 经济 (jīngjì)

### Compounds

* 不白之冤 (bùbáizhīyuān)
* 九命奇冤
* 伸冤 (shēnyuān)
* 俏冤家
* 冤人
* 冤仇 (yuānchóu)
* 冤兜
* 冤冤相報 / 冤冤相报 (yuānyuānxiāngbào)
* 冤大頭 / 冤大头 (yuāndàtóu)
* 冤天屈地
* 冤孽
* 冤家 (yuānjiā)
* 冤家路狹 / 冤家路狭
* 冤家路窄 (yuānjiālùzhǎi)
* 冤屈 (yuānqū)
* 冤情 (yuānqíng)
* 冤抑
* 冤枉
* 冤枉氣 / 冤枉气
* 冤枉路
* 冤枉錢 / 冤枉钱
* 冤桶
* 冤業 / 冤业
* 冤獄 / 冤狱 (yuānyù)
* 冤禽
* 冤苦
* 冤苦錢 / 冤苦钱
* 冤讎 / 冤雠 (yuānchóu)
* 冤頭 / 冤头 (yuāntóu)
* 冤魂 (yuānhún)
* 冤魂不散
* 受冤
* 吃冤枉
* 含冤 (hányuān)
* 告冤
* 含冤昭雪
* 含冤負屈 / 含冤负屈
* 喊冤
* 喊冤叫屈
* 埋冤
* 報冤 / 报冤
* 夙世冤家
* 大冤
* 奇冤極枉 / 奇冤极枉
* 孽冤
* 宿世冤家
* 小冤家
* 尺二冤家
* 懷冤抱屈 / 怀冤抱屈 (huáiyuānbàoqū)
* 抱冤 (bàoyuān)
* 擊鼓申冤 / 击鼓申冤
* 昭冤申枉
* 業冤 / 业冤
* 歡喜冤家 / 欢喜冤家
* 沉冤 (chényuān)
* 沉冤昭雪 (chényuānzhāoxuě)
* 沉冤莫白
* 煩冤 / 烦冤
* 申冤 (shēnyuān)
* 空頭冤家 / 空头冤家
* 竇娥冤 / 窦娥冤
* 蒙冤
* 覆盆之冤
* 訴冤 / 诉冤
* 負屈含冤 / 负屈含冤
* 負屈銜冤 / 负屈衔冤
* 辯冤 / 辩冤
* 銜冤 / 衔冤 (xiányuān)
* 銜冤負屈 / 衔冤负屈
* 鐵死冤家 / 铁死冤家
* 雪冤 (xuěyuān)
* 風流冤孽 / 风流冤孽
* 風流冤業 / 风流冤业
* 鳴冤 / 鸣冤 (míngyuān)
* 鳴冤叫屈 / 鸣冤叫屈

### References

* “冤”, 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
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* false charge
* hatred

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)
* Kun: ぬれぎぬ (nureginu, 冤)、あだ (ada, 冤)

### Noun

冤(えん) • (en)
* false charge

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 冤 (MC 'jwon). Recorded as Middle Korean 寃/원 (wen) (Yale: wen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 冤 (eumhun 원통할 원 (wontonghal won))
* hanja form of 원 (“grievance; injustice; wrong”)

#### Compounds

* 원옥 (冤獄, wonok)
* 원죄 (冤罪, wonjoe)
* 원통 (寃痛, wontong)
* 원혼 (冤魂, wonhon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

冤: Hán Nôm readings: oan
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