阮咸

Chinese

		surname; a Chinese plucked stringed instrument	all
simp. and trad. (阮咸)		阮	咸

Etymology

Named after Chinese scholar 阮咸 (Ruǎn Xián) of the Six Dynasties period, who played a round-bodied, long-necked fretted plucked lute that was called Qin pipa (秦琵琶) in his time.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruǎnxián

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ haam⁴ / jyun² haam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnsián
  - Wade–Giles: juan³-hsien²
  - Yale: rwǎn-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanshyan
  - Palladius: жуаньсянь (žuanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ haam⁴ / jyun² haam⁴
  - Yale: yúhn hàahm / yún hàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ haam⁴ / jyn² haam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ ham⁴ / yun² ham⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ haːm²¹/, /jyːn³⁵ haːm²¹/

Middle Chinese: ngjwonX heam

Rime
Character	阮	咸
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	虞遠切	胡讒切
Baxter	ngjwonX	heam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn^X/	/ɦˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn^X/	/ɦᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn^X/	/ɣɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan^X/	/ɦəɨm/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn^X/	/ɣɐm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn^X/	/ɣɐm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn^X/	/ɣăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁵	haam⁴

Noun

阮咸

synonym of 阮 (“ruan (a Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute)”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (阮咸):

→ Japanese: 阮咸(げんかん) (genkan)
→ Korean: 완함(阮咸) (wanham)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阮	咸
げん Hyōgai	かん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

阮(げん)咸(かん) • (genkan)

A long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute of Chinese origin, used in Japan since at least the Nara period.