嫻

See also: 娴

Translingual

Han character

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

1. elegant, refined, gracious
2. skillful

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		嫻
simp.		娴
alternative forms		嫺／娴 𡢃／㛠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haan⁴
    • Yale: hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hean

Rime
Character	嫻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫻
Reading #	1/1
No.	13532
Phonetic component	閑
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

嫻

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. elegant
2. refined
3. skillful

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)

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Korean

Hanja

嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)

1. elegant
2. refined
3. skillful

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嫻 (nhàn)

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