換

See also: 换

換	U+63DB, 換 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63DB

← 揚
[U+63DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

揜 →
[U+63DC]

Translingual

Han character

換 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓月大 (QNBK), four-corner 5703₄, composition ⿰扌奐)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 442, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12358
Dae Jaweon: page 793, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1922, character 4
Unihan data for U+63DB

Chinese

trad.		換
simp.		换

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
渙	qʰʷaːds, qʰʷaːns
瘓	*tqʰʷaːnʔ
喚	*qʰʷaːns
煥	*qʰʷaːns
奐	*qʰʷaːns
寏	*ɢʷaːn
換	*ɢʷaːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢʷaːns) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 奐 (OC *qʰʷaːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huàn (huan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huan⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуан (huan, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): von⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): uon⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): von

(Meixian, Guangdong): von⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): huan³
Northern Min (KCR): hūing
Eastern Min (BUC): uâng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): yo⁵ / yaⁿ⁵ / huang⁴ / huong⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ōaⁿ / hoān / hoàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): uan⁷ / huêng³ / huang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): honn⁴ / honn⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàn
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴
  - Yale: hwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann
  - Palladius: хуань (xuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: huan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuan²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуан (huan, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wun⁶
  - Yale: wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: von⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔn³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uon⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɵn¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: von
  - Hakka Romanization System: von
  - Hagfa Pinyim: von⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /von⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: von⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: huan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuæ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hūing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuiŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɑŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yɒ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yaⁿ⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ỹã²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁴²/

Note:

yo5/yaⁿ5 - vernacular;
huang4/huong4 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uã³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān
  - Tâi-lô: huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huan³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn
  - Tâi-lô: huàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹/

Note:

ōaⁿ - vernacular;
hoān/hoàn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: uan⁷ / huêng³ / huang³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uāⁿ / huèng / huàng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã¹¹/, /hueŋ²¹³/, /huaŋ²¹³/

Note:

uan7 - vernacular;
huêng3 - literary (Chaozhou);
huang3 - literary (Shantou).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we
  - MiniDict: we^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: honn⁴ / honn⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xõ⁴⁵/, /xõ²¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 換
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	/ɦue²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦuø³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ɦuõ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/va²²/
Hui	Shexian	/xuɛ²²/ /uɛ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/uːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/xõ⁵⁵/ /xõ¹¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɦɔn²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɵn²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/von⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/von⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wun²²/
	Nanning	/wun²²/
	Hong Kong	/wun²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/huan²²/ /uã²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uɑŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xuiŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huaŋ²¹³/ /uã³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/huaŋ³⁵/ /ua²³/

Middle Chinese: hwanH

Rime
Character	換
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡玩切
Baxter	hwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwan^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑn^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤa[n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	換
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hwan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁa[n]-s/
English	change
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	換
Reading #	1/1
No.	5360
Phonetic component	奐
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	換
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaːns/

Definitions

換

to exchange
用石油換糧食／用石油换粮食 ― yòng shíyóu huàn liángshí ― to trade oil for grain

一百元人民幣能換多少港幣？ [MSC, trad.]
一百元人民币能换多少港币？ [MSC, simp.]
Yībǎi yuán rénmínbì néng huàn duōshào gǎngbì? [Pinyin]
How many Hong Kong dollars can one hundred renminbi be exchanged for?
to change; to swap; to switch; to substitute
換衣服／换衣服 ― huàn yīfu ― to change one's clothes

政府換咗人又點啫？ [Cantonese, trad.]
政府换咗人又点啫？ [Cantonese, simp.]
zing³ fu² wun⁶ zo² jan⁴ jau⁶ dim² ze¹? [Jyutping]
OK, the head of government has changed; so what?

Compounds

換不來／换不来
換不開／换不开
換乘／换乘 (huànchéng)
換人／换人
換代／换代 (huàndài)
換位／换位 (huànwèi)
換個兒／换个儿
換匯／换汇 (huànhuì)
換取／换取 (huànqǔ)
換句話說／换句话说 (huànjùhuàshuō)
換季／换季 (huànjì)
換屆／换届 (huànjiè)
換崗／换岗 (huàngǎng)
換工／换工
換帖／换帖
換心／换心
換房／换房
換擋／换挡 (huàndǎng)
換文／换文
換樣／换样
換樣兒／换样儿
換氣／换气 (huànqì)
換氣扇／换气扇
換洗／换洗
換湯不換藥／换汤不换药 (huàn tāng bù huàn yào)
換牙／换牙 (huànyá)
換班／换班 (huànbān)
換算／换算 (huànsuàn)
換約／换约
換肩／换肩 (huànjiān)
換腦筋／换脑筋
換茬／换茬
換血／换血 (huànxuè)
換親／换亲
換言之／换言之 (huànyánzhī)
換車／换车 (huànchē)
換錢／换钱 (huànqián)
換防／换防 (huànfáng)
換馬／换马 (huànmǎ)

References

“換”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Entry #8431”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “换”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 93.

Japanese

Kanji

換

(Jōyō kanji)

to interchange

Readings

Go-on: がん (gan)^{←ぐわん (gwan, historical)}
Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
Kun: かえる (kaeru, 換える, Jōyō)、かわる (kawaru, 換わる, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
換
かん Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 換 (MC hwanH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

換(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)^?}

to exchange

Korean

Hanja

換 • (hwan) (hangeul 환)

Vietnamese

Han character

換: Hán Nôm readings: hoán

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