# 侃

| 侃 | U+4F83, &#20355; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F83 |
| ← 侂 [U+4F82] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侄 → [U+4F84] |

## Translingual
### Han character

侃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹山 (ORHU), four-corner 2621$_0$, composition ⿰亻⿱口𫶧)
* upright and strong
* amiable

#### Derived characters

* 諐 𣵿 𨓲 𫺛 𩱡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 101, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 577
* Dae Jaweon: page 214, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 148, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4F83

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侃 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||
| | Old Chinese |
| 諐 | *kʰran |
| 侃 | *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns |
| 偘 | *kʰaːns |
Multiple explanations. Most consider the character an Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǎn (kan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kang$^2$ / kang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^3$
*** Yale: kǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^2$
*** Yale: hón
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khán
*** Tâi-lô: khán
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qarn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kang$^2$ / kang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháng / khàng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ⁵²/, /kʰaŋ²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: khanX, khanH
Rime :
| Character | 侃 | 侃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 空旱切 | 苦旰切 |
| Baxter | khanX | khanH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰan$^X$/ | /kʰan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑn$^X$/ | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kǎn | kàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^2$ | hon$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːnʔ/, /*kʰaːns/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 侃 | 侃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7350 | 7351 |
| Phonetic component | 侃 | 侃 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 侃 | 侃 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːnʔ/ | /*kʰaːns/ |

### Etymology 1
#### Definitions

侃
* (literary) upright; outspoken; straightforward
* (literary) harmonious and happy; congenial
* to boast; to tease

### Etymology 2

From 侃大山.

#### Verb

侃
* (colloquial) to chatter idly
* (dialectal) to chat

#### Compounds

* 侃侃 (kǎnkǎn)
* 侃侃而談 / 侃侃而谈 (kǎnkǎn'értán)
* 侃侃諤諤 / 侃侃谔谔
* 侃兒 / 侃儿
* 侃大山 (kǎndàshān)
* 侃快
* 侃樂 / 侃乐
* 侃然
* 侃爾 / 侃尔
* 侃直
* 浪侃
* 胡侃
* 調侃 / 调侃 (tiáokǎn)
* 讜論侃侃 / 谠论侃侃
* 陶侃運甓 / 陶侃运甓

#### References

* ↑ 胡明扬 (2003 January 1) ““续貂”两则”, in 咬文嚼字 (in Chinese), number 97, 上海: 上海文化出版社, pages 4-5

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 侃い)

#### Compounds

* 侃(かん)々(かん)諤(がく)々(がく) (kankan gakugaku)
* 侃(かん)直(ちょく) (kanchoku)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 侃
* ただし Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* (Tokyo) ただし [táꜜdàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ta̠da̠ɕi]

### Proper noun

侃(ただし) • (Tadashi)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

侃 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan)
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