妍

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See also: 姸

妍 U+598D, 妍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-598D
← 妌
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 妎 →

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

trad. 妍
simp. # 妍
alternative forms 姸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笄 *kŋeː
枅 *kŋeː
蚈 *kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿 *ŋeːs
栞 *ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃 *ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽 *ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅 *ŋeːn
幵 *kŋeːn
鳽 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉 *kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼 *kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧 *ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍 *ŋ̊ʰeːn
研 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍 *ŋeːn
訮 *hŋeːn
鈃 *ɡeːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeːn) : semantic 女 + phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 妍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 五堅切
Baxter ngen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ŋen/
Wang
Li 		/ŋien/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 妍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁe/
English beautiful

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 妍
Reading # 1/1
No. 6172
Phonetic
component 		幵
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		姸
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋeːn/

Definitions

妍

  1. (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

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)、げん (gen)
  • Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

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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