娟

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See also: 姢
娟 U+5A1F, 娟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1F
← 娞
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娠 →

Translingual

Han character

娟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 46427, composition ⿰女肙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5A1F

Chinese

trad. 娟
simp. # 娟
alternative forms 姢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷen) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • giang1 - Shantou;
  • giêng1 - Chaozhou.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娟
Reading # 1/1
No. 16065
Phonetic
component 		肙
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		娟
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷen/

Definitions

娟

  1. † beautiful; graceful

Usage notes

Besides compounds, this character is also frequently used in personal names now.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

娟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

References

Korean

Hanja

娟 (eumhun 예쁠 연 (yeppeul yeon))

  1. hanja form? of 연 (“beautiful”)

Vietnamese

Han character

娟: Hán Nôm readings: Quyên

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References

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