寬 U+5BEC, 寬 ← 寫[U+5BEB] CJK Unified Ideographs 寭 →[U+5BED]
- In Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the component above 萈 is written with ⻀ (ram’s horn component), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
- In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing, 新字形), the component above 萈 is written with 艹 (grass radical).
寬 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+12 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 宀+11 in mainland China, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in mainland China, Cangjie input 十廿月戈 (JTBI), four-corner 30216, composition ⿱宀萈 or ⿳宀艹⿷見丶(G) or ⿳宀⻀⿷見丶(HTJKV))
This character is not to be confused with 寛 (U+5BDB), a Japanese shinjitai character, which has one dot missing and is encoded as a separate character.
- 臗(𣎑), 鑧, 髖(髋), 𫣷, 𡂷, 𡒵, 𢸎, 𣟂, 𦆼, 𦒨, 𦪻, 𰍤, 𡬘
- 寛 (Japanese shinjitai, also a variant form)
- 宽 (Simplified Chinese)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 292, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7322
- Dae Jaweon: page 578, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 947, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5BEC
trad. 寬 simp. 宽 alternative forms 寛
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰoːn): semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 萈 (OC *ɡoːn, “goat”)—a spacious house.
See also 家.
According to Schuessler (2007), probably related to Tibetan ཁྱོན (khyon, “size, area”). Note also similarities to Burmese ခွင့် (hkwang., “permission, rights”).
寬
- wide; broad 這條新修的馬路很寬。 [MSC, trad.]这条新修的马路很宽。 [MSC, simp.]Zhè tiáo xīn xiū de mǎlù hěn kuān. [Pinyin]This newly constructed road is wide. Antonym: 窄
- width 中國國旗的寬是長的三分之二。 [MSC, trad.]中国国旗的宽是长的三分之二。 [MSC, simp.]Zhōngguó guóqí de kuān shì cháng de sān fēn zhī èr. [Pinyin]The width of a Chinese flag is two-thirds its length. 河面有二十米寬。 [MSC, trad.]河面有二十米宽。 [MSC, simp.]Hémiàn yǒu èrshí mǐ kuān. [Pinyin]The river surface is 20 metres wide.
- generous; magnanimous; lenient
- to relax; to relieve
- comfortably off; well-off
- to take off 寬衣／宽衣 ― kuānyī ― to take off one’s clothes
- (Southern Min) slow 寬寬仔／宽宽仔 [Hokkien] ― khoan–khoan-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― slowly 寬寬行／宽宽行 [Teochew] ― kuan1 kuan1 gian5 [Peng’im] ― walk slowly
- (wide):
- (slow):
- (antonym(s) of “wide”): 窄 (zhǎi)
- “寬”, 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-
Shinjitai
寛
Kyūjitai
寬
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 寛)
- tolerant; lenient; generous
- On (unclassified): かん (kan)
- Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 寬い)、ゆるやか (yuruyaka, 寬やか)、くつろぐ (kutsurogu, 寬ぐ)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kwa̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [관]
寬 (eumhun 너그러울 관 (neogeureoul gwan))
- hanja form? of 관 (“broad, wide, spacious”)
寬: Hán Nôm readings: khoan, khoăn
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