媛
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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
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 爰 (OC *ɢʷan).[1]
References
- ^ Digital Shinjigen 2017
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, literary variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuàn
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuàn
- Wade–Giles: yüan4
- Yale: ywàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuann
- Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
- Wade–Giles: yüan2
- Yale: ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
- Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, literary variant in Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun6
- Yale: yuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn6
- Guangdong Romanization: yun6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: hjwenH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷra-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷans/
Definitions
媛
- (literary) beauty; beautiful woman
- Synonym: 美女 (měinǚ)
- 子之清揚，揚且之顏也。展如之人兮，邦之媛也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ zhī qīng yáng, yáng qiě zhī yán yě. Zhǎn rú zhī rén xī, bāng zhī yuàn yě.
- Clear are her eyes; fine is her forehead;
Full are her temples.
Ah! Such a woman as this!
The beauty of the country!
子之清扬，扬且之颜也。展如之人兮，邦之媛也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (archaic) beautiful; fine
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wun4 / jyun4
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng2 / yoeng2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
- Wade–Giles: yüan2
- Yale: ywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
- Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: wun4 / jyun4
- Yale: wùhn / yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: wun4 / jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: wun4 / yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːn²¹/, /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: é̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /œŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /yøŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Middle Chinese: hjwon
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷan/
Definitions
媛
Compounds
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 媛 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
媛󠄁 媛+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 媛󠄃 媛+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
媛
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 媛 |
| えん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwenH).
Pronunciation
Affix
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 媛 |
| ひめ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
- alternative form of 姫
References
- ^ “媛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwon).
