關東

See also: 关东, and 関東

Chinese

		to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass	east
trad. (關東)		關	東
simp. (关东)		关	东

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	關	東
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古還切	德紅切
Baxter	kwaen	tuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuan/	/tuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚan/	/tuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐn/	/tuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨn/	/təwŋ/
Li Rong	/kuan/	/tuŋ/
Wang Li	/kwan/	/tuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwan/	/tuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guān	dōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaan1	dung1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guāndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ dung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Koan-tong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guāndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guandong
    • Wade–Giles: Kuan¹-tung¹
    • Yale: Gwān-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guandong
    • Palladius: Гуаньдун (Guanʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaan¹ dung¹
    • Yale: gwāan dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-tong
    • Tâi-lô: Kuan-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koandofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaen tuwng

Proper noun

關東

1. the area to the east of Shanhaiguan
2. (historical) the area to the east of Hangu Pass
3. (historical) a nickname for Luoyang (during the Tang Dynasty)
4. (～地方) Kantō (a region of Japan)

   關東大地震／关东大地震  ―  guāndōng dà dìzhèn  ―  Great Kantō earthquake

5. (～州) Kwantung Leased Territory

Derived terms

• 闖關東／闯关东 (chuǎngguāndōng)
• 關東煮／关东煮 (guāndōngzhǔ)
• 關東軍／关东军 (Guāndōngjūn)

 

References

• 關東／关东 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
關	東
かん Hyōgai	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 關東 – see the following entry.

【関東かんとう】 [proper noun] Short for 関東地方 (Kantō-chihō): A geographical region in eastern Japan that includes the capital city of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures [proper noun] (historical) the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or later, east of 箱根の関 (Hakone-no-seki, “tollgate of Mount Hakone”) [proper noun] (archaic) the area to the east of 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”) [proper noun] (archaic) the area to the east of 山海関 (Sankai-kan, “Shanhai Pass”) [proper noun] a surname [noun] (historical, colloquial) the shogunate

(This term, 關東, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)