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Translingual
Han character
儇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人田中女 (OWLV), four-corner 26232, composition ⿰亻睘)
- clever, nimble
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1188
- Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 225, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5107
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 儇
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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| Small seal script
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 s05681 |
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).
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Old Chinese
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| 癏
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*kʷraːn
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| 擐
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*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
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| 還
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*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
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| 環
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 鬟
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 寰
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
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| 闤
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 糫
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 圜
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
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| 鐶
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 轘
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*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
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| 澴
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*ɡʷraːn
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| 繯
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*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
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| 檈
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*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
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| 儇
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*qʰʷen
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| 翾
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*qʰʷen
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| 蠉
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*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
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| 嬛
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*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
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| 譞
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*qʰʷen
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| 懁
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*kʷeːns
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| 獧
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*kʷeːns
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| 噮
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*qʷeːns
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| 彋
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*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
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| 睘
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*ɡʷeŋ
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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儇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xuān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xjwien ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷʰen/
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| English
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nimble, smart
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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儇
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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16245
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Phonetic
component
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睘
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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翾
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰʷen/
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Definitions
儇
- clever, nimble
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
儇
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
儇 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)
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