娟

See also: 姢

Translingual

Han character

娟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 4642₇, composition ⿰女肙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5A1F

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Chinese

trad.		娟
simp. #		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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷen) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ / giêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
    • Wade–Giles: chüan¹
    • Yale: jywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gyun¹
    • Yale: gyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
    • Tâi-lô: kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giang¹ / giêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/

Note:

• giang1 - Shantou;
• giêng1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwien

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
Baxter	'jwien
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷen/

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

(deprecated template usage) 娟

1. (literary) beautiful; graceful

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Japanese

Kanji

娟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: えん (en); けん (ken)
• Kan-on: えん (en); けん (ken)
• Kun: あでやか (adeyaka); しなやか (shinayaka); こびる (kobiru)

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Korean

Hanja

娟 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 娟 (Quyên)

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References

• Nom Foundation