Character: 管
Modern (Beijing) reading: guǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷānʔ
Classic Old Chinese: kwā́n
Western Han Chinese: kwā́n
Eastern Han Chinese: kwā́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwā́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwā́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwā́n
Middle Chinese: kwấn
English meaning : flute, pipe
Russian meaning[s]: 1) заведовать, управлять; 2) заниматься, ведать; интересоваться; 3) трубка; дудка; флейта; 4) узкий, ограниченный; мой; 5) счетный суффикс кистей; 6) Гуань (фамилия)
Comments: = 筦 q.v. Also used for a homonymous *kʷānʔ 'to manage'.
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 1466
Karlgren code: 0157 h
Vietnamese reading: qua`n
Shijing occurrences: 42.2_
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