鳏

鳏 · guān

huge fish; widower; bachelor

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
guān
Cantonese
gwaan1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

huge fish; widower; bachelor

Dictionary definitions & readings

鳏 guān · widower

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0408.040:guān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
121.090:guān Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NMWLF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2619 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1480.511 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9CCF
Radical
鱼 · 195
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6354

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Stroke order

18 strokes
鳏
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鰥

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74706.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74706.100
kIRGKangXi
1480.511
kKangXi
1480.511
kCangjie
NMWLF
kFourCornerCode
2619
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7724
kRSUnicode
195'.10
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
276225
kEACC
276225
kGB0
8704
kMainlandTelegraph
7659
kTGH
2013:6354
kCantonese
gwaan1
kDefinition
huge fish; widower; bachelor
kMandarin
guān
kTGHZ2013
121.090:guān
kXHC1983
0408.040:guān
kTraditionalVariant
U+9C25

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 鳏0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
鱼 beside 眔 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰鱼眔$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鱼眔$(G)

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