璇

Translingual

Han character

璇 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜尸人 (MGYSO), four-corner 1818₁, composition ⿰𤣩旋)

1. beautiful jade
2. star

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 741, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21203
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1135, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7487

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		璇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旋	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇	*sɢʷan
琁	*sɢʷan
蜁	*sɢʷan
嫙	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼	*sɢʷans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwen

Rime
Character	璇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似宣切
Baxter	zjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璇
Reading #	1/1
No.	14045
Phonetic component	旋
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/
Notes	同琁

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 璇

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Japanese

Kanji

璇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)

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Korean

Hanja

璇 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 璇 (tuyền, toàn, triền)

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