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碗	U+7897, 碗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7897

Translingual

Han character

碗Category:Translingual lemmas#石08碗 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#石08碗 Category:Translingual symbols#石08碗 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#石08碗 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#石08碗 Category:Pages with entries#碗 Category:Pages with 5 entries#碗 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 一口十弓山 (MRJNU), four-corner 1361₂, composition ⿰石宛)Category:Han script characters#石08碗

Derived characters

𫾊Category:Translingual links with redundant wikilinks#碗 Category:Translingual links with redundant alt parameters#碗

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 832, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24306

Dae Jaweon: page 1249, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2440, character 10

Unihan data for U+7897

Chinese

trad.		碗
simp. ^#		碗
alternative forms		盌㼝椀埦

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涴	qoːls, qoːn, *qonʔ
埦	*qoːn
豌	*qoːn
剜	*qoːn
眢	qoːn, qon
蜿	qoːn, qon, *qonʔ
帵	*qoːn
碗	*qoːnʔ
椀	*qoːnʔ
盌	*qoːnʔ
腕	*qoːns
惋	*qoːns
捥	*qoːns
睕	qoːns, qonʔ, *qoːd
琬	qoːns, qonʔ
鴛	quːn, qon
鵷	*qon
惌	qon, qonʔ
宛	qon, qonʔ
怨	qon, qons
葾	*qon
夗	*qonʔ
婉	*qonʔ
菀	qonʔ, qud
苑	qonʔ, qons
踠	*qonʔ
畹	qonʔ, qons
倇	*qonʔ
晼	*qonʔ
黦	qod, qod, *qud
焥	*qoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːnʔ)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#石08: semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

Etymology

From 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”) + -n (“nominalizing suffix”)Category:Undetermined language links#碗 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wǎn (wan³Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#碗)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wan³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wàn

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): wǎn

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ван (van, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wun²
Category:Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation#石08

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): wun²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): von²
Gan (Wiktionary): uon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vón

(Hailu, HRS): von^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): von³
Jin (Wiktionary): van²
Northern Min (KCR): uǐng
Eastern Min (BUC): uāng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ua³ / uo³ / uann³ / uang³ / uong³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ / oán

(Teochew, Peng'im): uan²

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ua²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): wun²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵uoe / ³ue / ³uoe / ³oe / ³uon / ³uoen / ³un
- (Jinhua): ³ua; ³uan
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): onn³

(Loudi, Wiktionary): uenn³

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): uen³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎn
  - Wade–Giles: wan³
  - Yale: wǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woan
  - Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (碗兒 / 碗儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-ʼrh
  - Yale: wǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woal
  - Palladius: ваньр (vanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wan³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uan⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: wàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uã⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: wǎn
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): wan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uã¹¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ван (van, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /væ̃⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wun²
  - Yale: wún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: wun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: von²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔn⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɵn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón
  - Hakka Romanization System: von^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: von³
  - Sinological IPA: /von³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: von^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /von²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: von³
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: van²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uǐng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ua³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua⁴⁵³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uo⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uann³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã³³²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uang³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ³³²/

Note:

ua3/uann3 - vernacular;
uang3/uong3 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voar
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uã⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /uã⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán
  - Tâi-lô: uán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oarn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

óaⁿ - vernacular;
oán - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uan²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã⁵²/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: ua²
  - Sinological IPA: /ua³¹/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: wun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /βun³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵uoe
  - MiniDict: uoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²uoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /uø³⁴/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ³ue
  - MiniDict: uie^上
  - MiniDict: ue^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /uɪ³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ue⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ʔue⁴²⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ³uoe
  - MiniDict: uoe^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /uø⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /uɵ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /uɤə⁴³³/
- (Northern: Kunshan)
  - Wugniu: ³oe
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /ø⁵²/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³uon
  - MiniDict: uon^上
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /uõ⁵³/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ³uoen
  - MiniDict: uoeon^上
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /uø̃³³⁵/
- (Northern: Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ³un
  - MiniDict: un^上
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ũ³²⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ũ³⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³ua; ³uan
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /uɑ⁵³⁵/, /uã⁵³⁵/

Note:

Jinhua:
- 3ua - vernacular;
- 3uan - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: onn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /õ⁴¹/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: uenn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯ẽ̞⁴²/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: uen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯ɛn³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 碗
Mandarin	Beijing	/uan²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/uan²¹³/
	Tianjin	/van¹³/
	Jinan	/vã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/vã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uan⁵³/
	Xi'an	/uã⁵³/
	Xining	/uã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/van⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/vɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/van⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/uan⁴²/
	Chengdu	/uan⁵³/
	Guiyang	/uan⁴²/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʊ̃²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/væ̃⁵³/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/væ̃⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/uø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/uø⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuõ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠y³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/uɛ³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/uːə³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/õ⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɔn⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/uɵn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/von³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/von³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wun³⁵/
	Nanning	/wun³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wun³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/uan⁵³/ /uã⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uaŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/uiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/uã⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ua²¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'wanX

Rime
Character	碗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏管切
Baxter	'wanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuɑn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwan^X/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑn^X/
Wang Li	/uɑn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuɑn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wun²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qoːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	碗
Reading #	1/1
No.	16272
Phonetic component	夗
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	椀
Old Chinese	/*qoːnʔ/
Notes	盌椀晚起字

Definitions

碗Category:Chinese lemmas#石08 Category:Chinese hanzi#石08 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#石08 Category:Pages with entries#碗 Category:Pages with 5 entries#碗

bowl (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c h; 塊／块 mn)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 個/个#石08 Category:Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只#石08 Category:Chinese nouns classified by 塊/块#石08
洗碗 ― xǐwǎn ― to wash the dishesCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
bowl-like object
Classifier for the quantity of a bowl: bowlful
一碗米飯／一碗米饭 ― yī wǎn mǐfàn ― a bowl of riceCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

一碗粥 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ wun² zuk¹ [Jyutping] ― a bowl of congeeCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	碗, 碗兒
	Taiwan	碗
	Malaysia	碗
	Singapore	碗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	碗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	碗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	碗
	Wanrong	碗
	Xi'an	碗
	Xining	碗
	Xuzhou	碗兒, 碗
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	碗
	Lanzhou	碗
	Ürümqi	碗
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	碗
	Wuhan	碗
	Guiyang	碗
	Guilin	碗
	Liuzhou	碗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	碗兒
	Yangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Hefei	碗, 盞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碗
	Hong Kong	碗
	Dongguan	碗
	Yangjiang	碗, 甌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碗
Gan	Nanchang	碗
Gan	Pingxiang	碗
Hakka	Meixian	碗, 碗公, 碗仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	碗公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	碗
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	碗
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗
Huizhou	Jixi	碗
Jin	Taiyuan	碗
Jin	Xinzhou	碗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	碗, 碗頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碗
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	碗
Southern Min	Xiamen	碗, 碗頭
	Quanzhou	碗
	Zhangzhou	碗, 碗頭
	Zhao'an	碗
	Penang (Hokkien)	碗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗
	Manila (Hokkien)	碗
	Chaozhou	碗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碗
	Jieyang	碗
	Singapore (Teochew)	碗
	Leizhou	碗
	Wenchang	碗
	Haikou	碗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	碗
Puxian Min	Putian	碗
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	碗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	碗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	碗
	Xianyou	碗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	碗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	碗
Wu	Shanghai	碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碗
	Suzhou	碗
	Danyang	碗盞
	Hangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Ningbo	碗盞
	Wenzhou	碗
	Jinhua	碗
Xiang	Changsha	碗, 蓮花子
	Loudi	碗
	Shuangfeng	碗

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碗):

→ Japanese: 碗(わん) (wan)

Others:

→ Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban)
→ Jingpho: wan
→ Lü: ᦛᦱᧃᧈ (v̇aan¹)
→ Tai Nüa: ᥝᥣᥢᥱ (wǎan)
→ Zhuang: vanj
Wutunhua: wan

Compounds

七碗茶
丟飯碗 / 丢饭碗 (diū fànwǎn)
五牲看碗
供碗
俗擱大碗 / 俗搁大碗 (sio̍k koh tōa-óa)
俗閣大碗 / 俗阁大碗 (sio̍k koh tōa-óa)
大盤大碗 / 大盘大碗
大碗公
打破飯碗 / 打破饭碗
打碗頭 / 打碗头
折碗
找飯碗 / 找饭碗
搶飯碗 / 抢饭碗 (qiǎngfànwǎn)
泥飯碗 / 泥饭碗
洗碗機 / 洗碗机 (xǐwǎnjī)
海碗 (hǎiwǎn)
烘碗機 / 烘碗机
瓷碗 (cíwǎn)
瓷飯碗 / 瓷饭碗
白定碗
砸飯碗 / 砸饭碗 (záfànwǎn)
碗公 (wǎngōng)
碗子
碗櫥 / 碗橱 (wǎnchú)
碗盤 / 碗盘 (wǎnpán)
碗碗腔
碗碟 (wǎndié)
碗筷 (wǎnkuài)
碗粿 (wǎnguǒ)
碗糕 (wǎngāo)
碗脫 / 碗脱
碗足兒 / 碗足儿
箸長碗短 / 箸长碗短
紙飯碗 / 纸饭碗
舔碗邊 / 舔碗边
茶碗 (cháwǎn)
蓋碗 / 盖碗 (gàiwǎn)
金飯碗 / 金饭碗
鍋碗瓢盆 / 锅碗瓢盆 (guōwǎnpiáopén)
鐵飯碗 / 铁饭碗 (tiěfànwǎn)
電碗 / 电碗
飯碗 / 饭碗 (fànwǎn)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “碗”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 223.