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Translingual
Han character
妍 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女一廿 (VMT), four-corner 41440, composition ⿰女开)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6075
- Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 7
- Unihan data for U+598D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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笄
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*kŋeː
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枅
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*kŋeː
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蚈
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*kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
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羿
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*ŋeːs
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栞
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*ŋ̊ʰaːn
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雃
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*ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
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詽
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*ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
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揅
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*ŋeːn
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幵
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*kŋeːn
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鳽
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*kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
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豣
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*kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
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麉
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*kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
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趼
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*kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
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汧
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*ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
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岍
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*ŋ̊ʰeːn
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研
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*ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
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妍
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*ŋeːn
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訮
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*hŋeːn
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鈃
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*ɡeːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋeːn) : semantic 女 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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妍
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ngen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁe/
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English
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beautiful
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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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妍
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6172
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Phonetic component
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幵
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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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姸
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋeːn/
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Definitions
妍
- (literary) bright, colorful and beautiful
Usage notes
Besides compounds, this character is also frequently used in personal names now.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
妍
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
妍 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
妍: Hán Nôm readings: ngơn
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