狷

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狷 U+72F7, 狷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F7
← 狶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狸 →

Translingual

Han character

狷 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹口月 (KHRB), four-corner 46227, composition ⿰犭肙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20426
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+72F7

Chinese

trad. 狷
simp. # 狷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狷 狷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (86) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 古縣切 吉掾切
Baxter kwenH kjwienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwenH/ /kiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷenH/ /kʷiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛnH/ /kjuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛnH/ /kwianH/
Li
Rong 		/kuenH/ /kiuɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/kiwenH/ /kĭwɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kiwenH/ /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		juàn juàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyun3 gyun3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狷 狷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16062 16080
Phonetic
component 		肙 肙
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		絹 睊
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷens/ /*kʷeːns/

Definitions

狷

  1. (literary) rash; impetuous; impulsive
  2. (literary) reserved; overcautious
  3. (literary) upright (of character)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

狷

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. narrow
  2. short-tempered

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: せまい (semai, 狷い)

Korean

Hanja

狷 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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