幻

See also: 幼 and 𠄔
幻 U+5E7B, 幻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7B
← 幺
[U+5E7A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幼 →
[U+5E7C]

Translingual

Han character

幻 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女戈尸 (VIS) or 難女戈尸 (XVIS), four-corner 27720, composition ⿰幺𠃌)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9190
  • Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5E7B

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 幻
alternative forms 𠄔
眩

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 幻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Inversion of 予.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huang3 - Shantou;
  • huêng3 - Chaozhou;
  • huam3 - Jieyang, Raoping, Huilai, Pontianak.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 5ue
        • MiniDict: ue去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2ue
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue³⁴/
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: honn4
        • Sinological IPA (key): /xõ⁴⁵/
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 幻
Mandarin Beijing /xuan⁵¹/
Harbin /xuan⁵³/
Tianjin /xuan⁵³/
Jinan /xuã²¹/
Qingdao /xuã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /xuan³¹²/
Xi'an /xuã⁴⁴/
Xining /xuã²¹³/
Yinchuan /xuan¹³/
Lanzhou /xuɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /xuan²¹³/
Wuhan /xuan³⁵/
Chengdu /xuan¹³/
Guiyang /xuan²¹³/
Kunming /xuã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /xuaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /xʊ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /xuæ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /xuɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /xuæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ue³⁵/
Suzhou /ue̞⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦuõ¹³/
Wenzhou /v̠a³⁵/
Hui Shexian /xuɛ²²/
Tunxi /xuːə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /xõ⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /hɔn⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /fɵn²¹/
/fan²¹/
Hakka Meixian /fan⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /wan²²/
Nanning /wan²²/
Hong Kong /wan²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /huan²²/
/huan²¹/ 俗
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /huɑŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xuiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /huaŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /huaŋ³⁵/
Rime
Character 幻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 山 (74)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡辨切
Baxter hweanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠuɛnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚænH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəɨnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣwænH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwănH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 waan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幻
Reading # 1/1
No. 5352
Phonetic
component		 幻
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 幻
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷreːns/

Definitions

幻

  1. mystical; mysterious
  2. illusion; fantasy; mirage

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
幻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fantasy, phantom

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
幻
まぼろし
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Probably from Old Japanese. Used in The Tale of Genji, completed in 1021.[1][2]

The initial ma is almost certainly 目 (ma, modern me, “eye”). The boroshi portion is of uncertain derivation, possibly related to modern colloquial adjective ぼろい (boroi, “rough, ragged, worn-out”), or verb ばらす (barasu, “to mess something up”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まぼろし [màbóróshí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠bo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

幻(まぼろし) • (maboroshi) 

  1. an illusion, a phantom, a dream, a vision

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

幻 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幻: Hán Nôm readings: huyễn, hoẻn, ảo

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Usage notes
  • Ảo appears to be a misreading due to confusion with the character 抝 or 拗 (ảo).
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