侃

侃 U+4F83, 侃 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 2621₀, composition ⿰亻⿱口𫶧)

1. upright and strong
2. 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

trad.		侃
simp. #		侃
alternative forms		偘 literary senses 砍 to chat

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
Bronze inscriptions b15667 b15668 b15669 b15670 b15671 b15672 b15673 b15674 b15675 b15676 Small seal script s08420 Transcribed ancient scripts L15847 L15848
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

Characters in the same phonetic series (侃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Multiple explanations. Most consider the character an Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) .

Pronunciation

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	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰanX/	/kʰanH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑnX/	/kʰɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎn	kàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon2	hon3

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎn (kan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang² / kang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³
    • Yale: kǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaan
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hon²
    • Yale: hón
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: kang² / kang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháng / khàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵²/, /kʰaŋ²¹³/

Note: kang3 - alternative reading.

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• Middle Chinese: khanX, khanH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːnʔ/, /*kʰaːns/

Etymology 1

Definitions

侃

1. (literary) upright; outspoken; straightforward
2. (literary) harmonious and happy; congenial
3. to boast; to tease

Etymology 2

From 侃大山.^[1]

Verb

侃

1. (colloquial) to chatter idly
2. (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

1. 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

侃

(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)

Korean

Hanja

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

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