嫻

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See also: 娴
嫻 U+5AFB, 嫻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFB
← 嫺
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嫼 →

Translingual

Han character

嫻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 47420, composition ⿰女閑)

  1. elegant, refined, gracious
  2. skillful

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6711
  • Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5AFB

Chinese

trad. 嫻
simp. 娴
alternative forms 嫺／娴
𡢃／㛠

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嫻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸閒切
Baxter hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəɨn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɛn/
Wang
Li 		/ɣæn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫻
Reading # 1/1
No. 13532
Phonetic
component 		閑
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		閑
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

嫻

  1. (literary, or in compounds, of personality, behaviour, etc.) elegant, gentle and quiet
  2. (literary, or in compounds) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient

Synonyms

  • (elegant):
  • (skilled):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “elegant”):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

嫻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Readings

  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)

Korean

Hanja

嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Vietnamese

Han character

嫻: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn

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