眷

Translingual

Han character

眷 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火手月山 (FQBU), four-corner 9060₃, composition ⿱龹目(GHT) or ⿱𠔉目(JKV))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23311
• Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2487, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7737

---

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
潫	*qroːn, *qon, *qron
豢	*ɡroːns
勬	*kron, *krons
韏	*kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons
眷	*krons
桊	*krons
絭	*krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ
觠	*krons, *ɡron
飬	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
拳	*ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
齤	*ɡron
券	*kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krons) : phonetic 龹 () + semantic 目 (“eye”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		眷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gyun³
    • Yale: gyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: kjwenH

Rime
Character	眷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居倦切
Baxter	kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwianH/
Li Rong	/kjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ro[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	juàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ro[n]-s/
English	look on with affection
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眷
Reading #	1/1
No.	7158
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	眷
Old Chinese	/*krons/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 眷

1. relatives

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		眷
alternative forms		睠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
    • Yale: jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
    • Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 眷

1. (literary) take interest in; care for

---

Japanese

Kanji

眷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru)

---

Korean

Hanja

眷 (eum 권 (gwon))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

眷: Hán Nôm readings: quyến, quấn, cuốn, quẹn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.