媛

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媛 U+5A9B, 媛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9B
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Translingual

Han character

媛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女月一水 (VBME), four-corner 42447, composition ⿰女爰)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6516
  • Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5A9B

Chinese

trad. 媛
simp. # 媛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
暖 *noːnʔ
煖 *noːnʔ, *qʰʷan
喛 *qʰʷaːns, *qʰʷan
緩 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鰀 *ɢʷaːnʔ
嵈 *ɢʷaːnʔ
鍰 *ɢʷraːn
湲 *ɢʷan
媛 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
瑗 *ɢʷans
援 *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan
褑 *ɢʷans
諼 *qʰʷan, *qʰʷanʔ
愋 *qʰʷan
楥 *qʰʷans
爰 *ɢʷan
鶢 *ɢʷan
蝯 *ɢʷan
猨 *ɢʷan

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 媛
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 王眷切
Baxter hjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwianH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣjuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 媛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yuàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hjwenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷra-s/
English a beauty

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 媛
Reading # 1/2
No. 16165
Phonetic
component 		爰
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		瑗
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷans/

Definitions

媛

  1. (literary) beauty; beautiful woman
    Synonym: 美女 (měinǚ)
  2. (archaic) beautiful; fine

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 媛
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 雨元切
Baxter hjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦuan/
Li
Rong 		/ɣiuɐn/
Wang
Li 		/ɣĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 媛
Reading # 2/2
No. 16178
Phonetic
component 		爰
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		袁
Old
Chinese 		/*ɢʷan/

Definitions

媛

  1. Only used in 嬋媛／婵媛 (chányuán).

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 媛
Kyūjitai
媛󠄁
媛+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
媛󠄃
媛+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

媛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. princess
  2. a beauty; a beautiful woman

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
媛
えん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwenH).

Pronunciation

Affix

媛(えん) • (en) ←ゑん (wen)?

  1. a beauty; a beautiful woman
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
媛
ひめ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Noun

媛(ひめ) • (hime) 

  1. Alternative form of 姫

References

  1. ^ “媛”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwon).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

媛 (eumhun 미녀 원 (minyeo won))

  1. Hanja form? of 원 (“a beauty”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

媛: Hán Nôm readings: viện

  1. a beauty; a beautiful woman
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