攣

See also: 挛

攣 U+6523, 攣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6523 ← 攢 [U+6522] CJK Unified Ideographs 攤 → [U+6524]

Translingual

Han character

攣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+19, 23 strokes, Cangjie input 女火手 (VFQ), four-corner 2250₂, composition ⿱龻手)

1. tangled
2. entwined
3. crooked

Derived characters

• 𧖘, 䖂, 癴(𰣽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13032
• Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1989, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6523

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓	*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	*smroːns, *smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	*pʰlons, *klons

Etymology 1

trad.		攣
simp.		挛
alternative forms		癴／𰣽 𤼙

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luán, lüán, liàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ, ㄌㄩㄢˊ, ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lyun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lun³

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lan²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): loân / loān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): luang⁵ / luêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luán
    • Wade–Giles: luan²
    • Yale: lwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luan
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuán
    • Wade–Giles: lüan²
    • Yale: lywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuan
    • Palladius: люань (ljuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴
    • Yale: lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lun²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /lan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân / loān
    • Tâi-lô: luân / luān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaan, loan
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴/, /luan²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴/, /luan⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³/, /luan²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴/, /luan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³/, /luan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: luang⁵ / luêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luâng / luêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luaŋ⁵⁵/, /lueŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• luang5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
• luêng5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: ljwen

Rime
Character	攣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂員切
Baxter	ljwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwian/
Li Rong	/liuɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·ron/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	攣
Reading #	1/1
No.	8628
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	攣
Old Chinese	/*b·ron/

Definitions

攣

1. to spasm and become curled, unable to be stretched

Compounds

• 憤怒痙攣 / 愤怒痉挛
• 拘攣 / 拘挛
• 拘攣兒 / 拘挛儿
• 拘攣補衲 / 拘挛补衲
• 拳攣 / 拳挛
• 攣弱 / 挛弱
• 攣攣 / 挛挛
• 攣踠 / 挛踠
• 攣躄 / 挛躄
• 攣鞮氏 / 挛鞮氏
• 熱痙攣 / 热痉挛
• 痙攣 / 痉挛 (jìngluán)
• 痙攣派 / 痉挛派

Etymology 2

trad.		攣
simp.		挛

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same etymology as 1?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lyun¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lun¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lyun¹
    • Yale: lyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lun³³/

Definitions

攣

1. (Cantonese) curved; curly; twisted

   Antonym: 直 (zik6)

2. (Cantonese) to curve; to bend; to curl
   • 1929 March 4, 0m37s from the start, in Chinese hair styles--outtakes‎^[1]:

     我啲頭髮向後便攣嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我啲头发向后便挛嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ di¹ tau⁴ faat³ hoeng³ hau⁶ bin⁶ lyun¹ ge³. [Jyutping]

     My hair curves to the back. / I have a softly curled bob.

3. (Cantonese, slang) homosexual; not straight

   Antonym: 直 (zik6)

Compounds

• 囉囉攣 / 啰啰挛
• 囉攣 / 啰挛
• 攣弓 / 挛弓
• 攣弓蝦米 / 挛弓虾米
• 攣捐 / 挛捐
• 攣曲 / 挛曲
• 攣毛 / 挛毛
• 攣都拗返直 / 挛都拗返直

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	挛
Print standard	攣

Kanji

攣

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挛)

1. Cramps

Readings

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)
• Kun: つる (tsuru, 攣る)、ひく (hiku, 攣く)

Compounds

• 痙攣(けいれん) (keiren)
• 攣縮(れんしゅく) (renshuku)

Korean

Hanja

攣 (eum 련 (ryeon) or (word-initial) 연 (yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

攣: Hán Nôm readings: loang, luyên

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References

• Nom Foundation