Translingual

Han character

倩 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人手一月 (OQMB), four-corner 2522₇, composition ⿰亻青 (GTV) or ⿰亻靑 (JK))

References

• KangXi: page 109, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 791
• Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 170, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5029

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倩
Large seal script L33219 L33220 Small seal script s05678
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 青 ‎(OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

倩

1. ^†smiling
2. ^† (beautiful) man
3. ^†beautiful; pretty; handsome
4. ^†fast

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

倩

1. ^† to ask someone to do something
2. ^† to have the aid of
3. ^† to borrow
4. (Min) to employ; to hire
5. (Teochew) please; excusing oneself. Example: 倩食 (ciah4 ziah8) is a very polite way of asking people to eat.
6. ^†son-in-law
7. ^†servant; domestic servant

See also

• 請／请 (qǐng)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せん (sen), せい (sei)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii), つらつら (tsuratsura)

Korean

Hanja

倩 • ‎(cheon) (hangeul 천, revised cheon, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

倩 (thiến)

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