娟

See also: 姢

娟	U+5A1F, 娟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1F

← 娞
[U+5A1E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

娠 →
[U+5A20]

Translingual

Han character

娟 (radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 4642₇, composition ⿰女肙)

References

KangXi: page 262, character 33

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321

Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1052, character 1

Unihan data for U+5A1F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		娟

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷen) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juān (juan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): koan
(Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ / giêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: juān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
  - Wade–Giles: chüan¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun¹
  - Yale: gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
  - Tâi-lô: kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giang¹ / giêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
  - IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/

Note:

giang1 - Shantou;
giêng1 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: /ʔiuᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	娟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwian/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娟
Reading #	1/1
No.	16065
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	娟
Old Chinese	/*qʷen/

Definitions

娟

beautiful; graceful

Compounds

娟娟

娟秀 (juānxiù)

Japanese

Kanji

娟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: えん (en); けん (ken)

Kan-on: えん (en); けん (ken)

Kun: あでやか (adeyaka); しなやか (shinayaka); こびる (kobiru)

Korean

Hanja

娟 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娟 (quyên)

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References

Nom Foundation