關關

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Chinese

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to close; to shut; to turn off
to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
 
to close; to shut; to turn off
to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
 
trad. (關關)
simp. (关关)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaɨn/
Li
Rong
/kuan/
Wang
Li
/kwan/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guān
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁro[n]/
English 關關 kwæn.kwæn [bird’s cry]

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8640
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kroːn/

Adverb

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關關

  1. (archaic, onomatopoeia) the sound of birds chirping