鞎

鞎 U+978E, 鞎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-978E ← 鞍 [U+978D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鞏 → [U+978F]

Translingual

Han character

鞎 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿十日女 (TJAV), four-corner 4753₂, composition ⿰革艮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1387, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42817
• Dae Jaweon: page 1902, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4335, character 10
• Unihan data for U+978E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鞎

Glyph origen

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

	Old Chinese
艱	*krɯːn
齦	*kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼	*ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝	*ɡrɯːn
限	*ɡrɯːnʔ
硍	*ɡrɯːnʔ
豤	*kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪	*ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根	*kɯːn
跟	*kɯːn
珢	*kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮	*kɯːns
茛	*kɯːns
墾	*kʰɯːnʔ
懇	*kʰɯːnʔ
垠	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿	*ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕	*ɡɯːn
拫	*ɡɯːn
鞎	*ɡɯːn
很	*ɡɯːnʔ
恨	*ɡɯːns
銀	*ŋrɯn
檭	*ŋrɯn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hén (hen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hén
    • Wade–Giles: hên²
    • Yale: hén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hern
    • Palladius: хэнь (xɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: han⁴
    • Yale: hàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hon

Rime
Character	鞎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸恩切
Baxter	hon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦən/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦən/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦən/
Li Rong	/ɣən/
Wang Li	/ɣən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	han4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞎
Reading #	1/1
No.	3936
Phonetic component	艮
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	痕
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯːn/

Definitions

鞎

1. (historical) leather decoration on the front of a carriage