弲

弲 U+5F32, 弲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F32 ← 弱 [U+5F31] CJK Unified Ideographs 弳 → [U+5F33]

Translingual

Han character

弲 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+7, 10 strokes, Cangjie input 弓口月 (NRB), composition ⿰弓肙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 359, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9792
• Dae Jaweon: page 675, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 996, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F32

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弲

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwien

Rime
Character	弲
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許緣切
Baxter	xjwien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwian/
Li Rong	/xiuɛn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弲
Reading #	1/2
No.	16064
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翾
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷen/

Definitions

弲

1. horned bow
2. crossbow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuān (yuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹
    • Yale: ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun¹
    • Yale: yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wen

Rime
Character	弲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	烏玄切
Baxter	'wen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwɛn/
Li Rong	/ʔuen/
Wang Li	/iwen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弲
Reading #	2/2
No.	16088
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	淵
Old Chinese	/*qʷeːn/

Definitions

弲

1. the power of a bow