眷

眷	U+7737, 眷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7737

← 眶
[U+7736]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眸 →
[U+7738]

Translingual

Han character

眷 (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: page 807, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23311
Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, OC *krons) : phonetic 龹 + semantic 目 (“eye”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		眷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³
Min Nan (POJ): koàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: juàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun³
  - Yale: gyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün³
  - IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/
Min Nan
- (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: /kˠiuᴇn^H/▼

Rime
Character	眷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	居倦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwian^H/
Li Rong	/kjuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn

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	‹ kjwen^H ›
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

眷

relatives

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		眷
variant forms		睠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: juàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/

Definitions

眷

(literary) take interest in; care for

Compounds

一家眷屬／一家眷属
三親六眷／三亲六眷
三親四眷／三亲四眷
乃眷
九眷
交門親眷／交门亲眷
僑眷／侨眷 (qiáojuàn)
內眷／内眷 (nèijuàn)
天眷
女眷
姻眷
存眷
宅眷
家眷 (jiājuàn)
宸眷
寶眷／宝眷
少親失眷／少亲失眷

忝眷
恩眷
挈眷
攜家帶眷／携家带眷
攜眷／携眷
敝眷
眷佑 (juànyòu)
眷保
眷區／眷区
眷姻
眷屬／眷属 (juànshǔ)
眷念 (juànniàn)
眷念無斁／眷念无斁
眷愛／眷爱 (juàn'ài)
眷懷／眷怀
眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn)
眷族

眷晚生
眷村 (juàncūn)
眷注
眷生
眷眷
眷眷之心
眷舍
眷言
眷遇
眷顧／眷顾 (juàngù)
眷齒／眷齿
神仙眷屬／神仙眷属
美眷
美眷姻
親眷／亲眷 (qīnjuàn)
軍眷／军眷

Japanese

Kanji

眷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

眷 (eum 권 (gwon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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