捐

捐	U+6350, 捐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6350

捐	U+2F8B7, 捐 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B7

← 拔
[U+2F8B6]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

𢬌 →
[U+2F8B8]

Translingual

Han character

捐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口月 (QRB), four-corner 5602₇, composition ⿰扌肙)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 434, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12150
Dae Jaweon: page 783, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1882, character 6
Unihan data for U+6350

Unihan data for U+2F8B7

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絹	*kʷens
狷	kʷens, kʷeːns
蜎	ɡʷenʔ, qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲	qʰʷen, qʷeːn
娟	*qʷen
悁	*qʷen
捐	*ɢʷen
涓	*kʷeːn
鵑	*kʷeːn
睊	kʷeːn, kʷeːns
焆	kʷeːn, qred, *qʷeːd
鞙	kʷeːn, ɡʷeːnʔ
埍	kʷeːnʔ, ɡʷeːnʔ
罥	kʷeːnʔ, kʷeːns
羂	*kʷleːnʔ
瓹	*kʷeːns
梋	*qʰʷeːn
鋗	*qʰʷeːn
駽	qʰʷeːn, qʰʷeːns
琄	*ɡʷeːnʔ
剈	*qʷeːn
肙	*qʷeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷen) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

Etymology 1

trad.		捐
simp. ^#		捐

The pronunciations in many varieties with velar plosive or palatal affricate initial are from 蠲 (MC kwen) (Li, 1988).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juan¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gyun¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gun¹
Gan (Wiktionary): jyon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân

(Meixian, Guangdong): kian¹
Jin (Wiktionary): jye¹
Northern Min (KCR): gṳíng
Eastern Min (BUC): giŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koan / iân

(Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ / giêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cioe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyenn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
  - Wade–Giles: chüan¹
  - Yale: jywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
  - Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: juan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gyun¹
  - Yale: gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kun³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jyon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyɵn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰian⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jye¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕye¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan / iân
  - Tâi-lô: kuan / iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafn, ieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/, /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/, /iɛn²³/

Note: iân - now uncommon, usually written as 緣 (e.g. in 題緣).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giang¹ / giêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/

Note:

giang1 - Shantou;
giêng1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioe
  - MiniDict: cioe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyø⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyenn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: ywen

Rime
Character	捐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與專切
Baxter	ywen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/juæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwian/
Li Rong	/iuɛn/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷen/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	捐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuán
Middle Chinese	‹ ywen ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷen/
English	abandon; remove
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	捐
Reading #	1/1
No.	16068
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	沿
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷen/

Definitions

捐

to contribute
to give up; to renounce
to remove
to donate
把……捐給慈善機構 [MSC, trad.]
把……捐给慈善机构 [MSC, simp.]
bǎ...... juān gěi císhàn jīgòu [Pinyin]
to donate... to charity
to spend
tax
to dissipate

Synonyms

(to give up):

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丟掉／丢掉 (diūdiào)
丟棄／丢弃 (diūqì)
割 (literary, or in compounds)
割捨／割舍 (gēshě) (literary)
屏棄／屏弃 (bǐngqì)
廢棄／废弃 (fèiqì)
扔掉 (rēngdiào)
扔棄／扔弃 (rēngqì)
拋／抛 (pāo)
㧒捒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
㧒捔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
拋棄／抛弃 (pāoqì)
捨去／舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
捨棄／舍弃 (shěqì)
揕捒 (Hokkien)
揚棄／扬弃 (yángqì)
摒棄／摒弃 (bìngqì)
擯棄／摈弃 (bìnqì)
擯除／摈除 (bìnchú)
擲捒／掷捒 (Hokkien)
放捒 (Hokkien)
放棄／放弃 (fàngqì)
放生 (Singapore Hokkien)
棄絕／弃绝 (qìjué) (literary)
犧牲／牺牲 (xīshēng) (figurative)
甩捒 (Hokkien)
甩掉 (shuǎidiào)
遺棄／遗弃 (yíqì)
離棄／离弃 (líqì)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (捐):

→ Vietnamese: quyên (捐)

Etymology 2

trad.		捐
simp. ^#		捐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²
  - Yale: ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/

Definitions

捐

Only used in 捐毒 (Yuándú).

Etymology 3

trad.		捐
simp. ^#		捐
alternative forms		瓹蜎

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gyun¹
  - Yale: gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

捐

(Cantonese) to burrow; to writhe through
Synonym: 鑽／钻

捐山窿 [Cantonese] ― gyun¹ saan¹ lung^4-1 [Jyutping] ― to burrow through a tunnel

捐窿捐罅 [Cantonese] ― gyun¹ lung¹ gyun¹ laa³ [Jyutping] ― to go to all sorts of places (lit. "to burrow through holes and cracks")

醜到搵窿捐／丑到揾窿捐 [Cantonese] ― cau² dou³ wan² lung¹ gyun¹ [Jyutping] ― extremely embarrassing (literally, “so embarrassing that one wants to find a cave and hide in it”)

冬天捐咗入被竇度就唔願起身。 [Cantonese, trad.]
冬天捐咗入被窦度就唔愿起身。 [Cantonese, simp.]
From: 開放詞典 [Kaifang Cidian]
dung¹ tin¹ gyun¹ zo² jap⁶ pei⁵ dau³ dou⁶ zau⁶ m⁴ jyun⁶ hei² san¹. [Jyutping]
In the winter, once [you] get under a quilt, [you] don't want to get out.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

捐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: えん (en)
Kan-on: えん (en)
Kun: すてる (suteru, 捐てる)、あたえる (ataeru, 捐える)

Korean

Hanja

捐 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

捐: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quen, quên

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