倩

倩 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人手一月 (OQMB), four-corner 2522₇, composition ⿰亻青(GHTV) or ⿰亻靑(JK))

• 𣹥, 𫷝, 蒨, 篟

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 791
• Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 170, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5029

Historical forms of the character 倩
Small seal script s05678 Transcribed ancient scripts L33219 L33220
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

倩

1. ^† smiling
2. ^† (beautiful) man
3. ^† beautiful; pretty; handsome
4. ^† fast

倩

1. ^† to ask someone to do something
2. ^† to have the aid of
3. ^† to borrow
4. (Min) to employ; to hire

   倩一个助理/辛勞/散工/看護/家教 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   倩一个助理/辛劳/散工/看护/家教 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   chhiàⁿ chi̍t ê chō͘-lí / sin-lô / sòaⁿ-kang / khan-hō͘ / ka-kàu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to hire a(n) assistant/employer/temporary worker/caretaker/private tutor

5. (Teochew) to beg; to plea; to please; to excuse oneself. Example: 倩食 (ciah4 ziah8) is a very polite way of asking people to eat.
6. (Hokkien) to urge; to entrust

   • 候選人央倩選民共票頓予𪜶的黨。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     候选人央倩选民共票顿予𪜶的党。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Hāu-soán-jîn iang-chhiàⁿ soán-bîn kā phiò tǹg hō͘ in ê tóng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The candidate urged the voters to vote for their party.

7. ^† son-in-law
8. ^† servant; domestic servant
9. Alternative form of 銃／铳 (chòng). Only used in 飯匙倩／饭匙倩.

• 請／请 (qǐng)

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)、せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)、せん (sen)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 倩しい)、つらつら (tsuratsura, 倩)

倩 (eum 천 (cheon))

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倩: Hán Nôm readings: thiến

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