# 礬

| 礬 | U+792C, &#31020; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-792C |
| ← 礫 [U+792B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 礭 → [U+792D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

礬 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 木木大一口 (DDKMR), four-corner 4460$_1$, composition ⿱樊石)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24573
* Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2462, character 11
* Unihan data for U+792C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 攀 | *pʰraːn |
| 襻 | *pʰraːns |
| 棥 | *ban |
| 礬 | *ban |
| 樊 | *ban |
| 蠜 | *ban |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ban) : phonetic 樊 (OC *ban) + semantic 石 (“stone”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fán (fan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^4$ / faan$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fán
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fán
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^2$
*** Yale: fán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^4$ / faan$^6$
*** Yale: fàahn / faahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^4$ / faan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^4$ / fan$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²¹/, /faːn²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
*** Tâi-lô: huân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/
* Middle Chinese: bjon
Rime :
| Character | 礬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 附袁切 |
| Baxter | bjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ban/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 礬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2940 |
| Phonetic component | 棥 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ban/ |

### Definitions

礬
* alum

### Compounds

* 山礬／山矾
* 明礬／明矾 (míngfán)
* 枯礬／枯矾
* 水礬土／水矾土
* 白礬／白矾 (báifán)
* 皂礬／皂矾 (zàofán)
* 皓礬／皓矾 (hàofán)
* 礬土／矾土 (fántǔ)
* 礬石／矾石 (fánshí)
* 礬頭／矾头
* 綠礬／绿矾
* 膽礬／胆矾 (dǎnfán)
* 藍礬／蓝矾

### References

* “礬”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼん (bon)
* Kan-on: はん (han)
* Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)

## Korean
### Hanja

礬 • (ban) (hangeul 반)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

礬: Hán Nôm readings: phàn, phèn
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