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Translingual
Han character
嫺 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓月 (VANB), four-corner 47420, composition ⿰女閒)
- refined, elegant, gracious
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6710
- Dae Jaweon: page 538, character 38
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 18
- Unihan data for U+5AFA
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 嫺 – see 嫻 (“elegant, gentle and quiet; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 嫻). |
Japanese
Kanji
嫺
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嫺 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)
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