姰

Translingual

Han character

姰 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女心日 (VPA), composition ⿰女旬)

1. equality of men and women
2. insane, mad
3. violent
4. wild

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6234
• Dae Jaweon: page 527, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1046, character 8
• Unihan data for U+59F0

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Chinese

trad.		姰
simp. #		姰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūn, xūn (jun¹, xun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄒㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyun
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹
    • Yale: jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiun
    • Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syun
    • Wade–Giles: hsün¹
    • Yale: syūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiun
    • Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan¹
    • Yale: gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swin, hwenH

Rime
Character	姰	姰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	相倫切	黃練切
Baxter	swin	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪn/	/ɦwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷin/	/ɦʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuen/	/ɣuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swin/	/ɦwɛnH/
Li Rong	/siuĕn/	/ɣuenH/
Wang Li	/sĭuĕn/	/ɣiwenH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uĕn/	/ɣiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon1	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷiːns/, /*sqʰʷin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姰	姰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16379	16391
Phonetic component	匀	匀
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		荀
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷiːns/	/*sqʰʷin/

Definitions

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Usage notes

The "jūn" reading is only used with the "equality of men and women" definitions. The "xún" reading is only used with the "insane, mad", "violent", and "wild" definitions.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 92