公案

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (公案)		公	案
simp. ^#(公案)		公	案

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ on³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-àn
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹kon-oe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong-àn
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-an⁴
  - Yale: gūng-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongann
  - Palladius: гунъань (gunʺanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ on³
  - Yale: gūng on
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ on³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ on³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-àn
  - Tâi-lô: kong-àn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'axn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ an⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² an²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ an²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-oe
  - MiniDict: kon^平 oe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-oe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ø²¹/

Middle Chinese: kuwng 'anH

Rime
Character	公	案
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古紅切	烏旰切
Baxter	kuwng	'anH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/ʔɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/ʔɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/ʔɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/ʔan^H/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/ʔɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/ɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/ʔɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	àn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹	on³

Noun

公案

(law, literary) court table (used by a judge)
(law, figurative) complicated legal case
(figurative) much discussed issue; sensational affair
(Zen Buddhism) koan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	案
こう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, relating to the actioning of Ming (命)Heavens mandate, decree or command by an official that has authority.

Noun

公(こう)案(あん) • (kōan)

koan

Descendants

English: koan
French: koan
Hungarian: koan
Russian: коа́н (koán)

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	案

Noun

公案 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

Hanja form^? of 공안 (“koan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	案

Noun

公案

chữ Hán form of công án (“koan”).

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