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See also:
U+5AFB, 嫻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFB

[U+5AFA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5AFC]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 47420, composition )

  1. elegant, refined, gracious
  2. skillful

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6711
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5AFB

Chinese

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms
𡢃

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəɨn/
Li
Rong
/ɣɛn/
Wang
Li
/ɣæn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13532
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

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  1. (literary, or in compounds, of personality, behaviour, etc.) elegant, gentle and quiet
  2. (literary, or in compounds) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient

Synonyms

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  • (elegant):
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  • (skilled):
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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of elegant):
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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Readings

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  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)

Korean

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Hanja

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(han) (hangeul , revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn

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