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娟
娟
See also: 姢
Translingual
Han character
娟 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 46427, composition ⿰女肙)
- beautiful, graceful
- A (typically female) given name
References
- KangXi: page 262, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321
- Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1052, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5A1F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
娟 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 絹 | *kʷens |
| 狷 | *kʷens, *kʷeːns |
| 蜎 | *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn |
| 弲 | *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn |
| 娟 | *qʷen |
| 悁 | *qʷen |
| 捐 | *ɢʷen |
| 涓 | *kʷeːn |
| 鵑 | *kʷeːn |
| 睊 | *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns |
| 焆 | *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd |
| 鞙 | *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 埍 | *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 罥 | *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns |
| 羂 | *kʷleːnʔ |
| 瓹 | *kʷeːns |
| 梋 | *qʰʷeːn |
| 鋗 | *qʰʷeːn |
| 駽 | *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns |
| 琄 | *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 剈 | *qʷeːn |
| 肙 | *qʷeːns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
- Wade-Giles: chüan1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gyun1
- Yale: gyūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gyn1
- IPA (key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 娟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於緣切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yuān |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 娟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16065 |
| Phonetic component |
肙 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
娟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʷen/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
娟
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
娟 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
娟 (quyên)
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