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Translingual
Han character
孌 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女火女 (VFV), four-corner 22401, composition ⿱龻女)
- lovely, beautiful
- docile, obedient
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6912
- Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 41
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1091, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5B4C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蠻
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*mroːn
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矕
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*mroːnʔ
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變
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*prons
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鸞
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*b·roːn
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巒
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*b·roːn
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灤
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*b·roːn
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欒
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*b·roːn
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鑾
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*b·roːn
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臠
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*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
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羉
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*b·roːn
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䜌
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*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
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灓
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*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
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圝
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*b·roːn
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曫
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*b·roːn
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孿
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*smroːns, *smrons
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彎
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*qroːn
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灣
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*qroːn
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攣
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*b·ron
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孌
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*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
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戀
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*b·rons
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㪻
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*pʰlons, *klons
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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孌
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孌
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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來 (37)
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來 (37)
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Final (韻)
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仙 (78)
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仙 (78)
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Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Closed
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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力兖切
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力卷切
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Baxter
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ljwenX
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ljwenH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/liuᴇnX/
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/liuᴇnH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/lʷiɛnX/
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/lʷiɛnH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/ljuænX/
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/ljuænH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/lwianX/
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/lwianH/
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Li Rong
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/liuɛnX/
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/liuɛnH/
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Wang Li
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/lĭwɛnX/
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/lĭwɛnH/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/li̯wɛnX/
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/li̯wɛnH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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luǎn
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luàn
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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lyun5
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lyun6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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孌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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liàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ljwenX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*onʔ/
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English
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beautiful
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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孌
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孌
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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8631
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8633
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Phonetic component
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Rime group
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元
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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臠
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戀
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Old Chinese
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/*b·ronʔ/
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/*b·rons/
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Notes
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說文慕也後作戀
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Definitions
孌
- (literary) lovely; beautiful
- (literary) docile; obedient
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
孌
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
孌 (eum 련 (ryeon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
孌: Hán Nôm readings: luyến
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References