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Translingual
Han character
嫻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 47420, composition ⿰女閑)
- elegant, refined, gracious
- skillful
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6711
- Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 17
- Unihan data for U+5AFB
Chinese
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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嫻
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13532
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Phonetic component
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閑
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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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閑
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡreːn/
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Definitions
嫻
- (literary, or in compounds, of personality, behaviour, etc.) elegant, gentle and quiet
- (literary, or in compounds) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient
Synonyms
- 優美/优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
- 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
- 嫻靜/娴静 (xiánjìng)
- 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
- 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
- 文雅 (wényǎ)
- 文靜/文静 (wénjìng)
- 斯文 (sīwén)
- 斯文胎胎 (si1 wen2 tai1 tai1) (Sichuanese)
- 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
- 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 雅相 (ia3 sian4) (Xiang)
- 雅緻/雅致 (yǎzhì)
- 高尚 (gāoshàng)
- 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
- 嫻熟/娴熟 (xiánshú) (formal)
- 熟 (shú)
- 熟嫻/熟娴 (shúxián) (literary)
- 熟手 (Hokkien, mainland China)
- 熟練/熟练 (shúliàn)
- 純/纯
- 純熟/纯熟 (chúnshú)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “elegant”):
- 低下 (dīxià)
- 低俗 (dīsú)
- 低級/低级 (dījí)
- 俗氣/俗气 (súqì)
- 俗骨 (zuk6 gwat1) (Cantonese)
- 傖俗/伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
- 卑俗 (bēisú)
- 庸俗 (yōngsú)
- 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
- 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嫻
(Hyōgai kanji)
- elegant
- refined
- skillful
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)
- elegant
- refined
- skillful
Vietnamese
Han character
嫻: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn
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