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

• 癴(𰣽) 䖂 𧖘

References

• KangXi: 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

trad.		攣
simp.		挛

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

Pronunciation 1

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luán, lüán, liàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ, ㄌㄩㄢˊ, ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòn
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): loân / loān

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lionˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lion²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯on¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân / loān
    • Tâi-lô: luân / luān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaan, loan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴/, /luan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴/, /luan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³/, /luan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴/, /luan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³/, /luan³³/

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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/
Bernard 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

 

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun¹

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

Definitions

攣

1. (Cantonese) curved; curly; twisted

   Antonym: 直 (zik6)

2. (Cantonese) to curve; to bend
   • 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

Compounds

• 囉囉攣／啰啰挛
• 囉攣／啰挛
• 攣弓蝦米／挛弓虾米
• 攣曲／挛曲
• 攣毛／挛毛

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	挛
Kyūjitai	攣

Kanji

攣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挛)

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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 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攣: Hán Nôm readings: loang, luyên

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References

• Nom Foundation