攣

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See also: 挛
攣 U+6523, 攣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6523
← 攢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攤 →

Translingual

Han character

攣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火手 (VFQ), four-corner 22502, composition ⿱龻手)

  1. tangled
  2. entwined
  3. crooked

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13032
  • Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1989, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6523

Chinese

trad. 攣
simp. 挛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠻 *mroːn
矕 *mroːnʔ
變 *prons
鸞 *b·roːn
巒 *b·roːn
灤 *b·roːn
欒 *b·roːn
鑾 *b·roːn
臠 *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉 *b·roːn
䜌 *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓 *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝 *b·roːn
曫 *b·roːn
孿 *smroːns, *smrons
彎 *qroːn
灣 *qroːn
攣 *b·ron
孌 *b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀 *b·rons
㪻 *pʰlons, *klons

Pronunciation 1

trad. 攣
simp. 挛
alternative forms 癴／𰣽
𤼙
Rime
Character 攣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 呂員切
Baxter ljwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lwian/
Li
Rong 		/liuɛn/
Wang
Li 		/lĭwɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		luán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lyun4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 攣
Reading # 1/1
No. 8628
Phonetic
component
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		攣
Old
Chinese 		/*b·ron/

Definitions

攣

  1. to spasm and become curled, unable to be stretched

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

攣

  1. (Cantonese) curved; curly; twisted
    Antonym: 直 (zik6)
  2. (Cantonese) to curve; to bend
  3. (Cantonese, slang) homosexual; not straight

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

挛

Kyūjitai

攣

Kanji

攣

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挛)

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Readings

  • Go-on: れん (ren)
  • Kan-on: れん (ren)
  • Kun: つる (tsuru, 攣る)、ひく (hiku, 攣く)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

攣 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攣: Hán Nôm readings: loang, luyên

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References

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