娟

See also: 姢

娟	U+5A1F, 娟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1F

← 娞
[U+5A1E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

娠 →
[U+5A20]

Translingual

Han character

娟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 4642₇, composition ⿰女肙)

References

KangXi: page 262, character 33

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321

Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 1

Unihan data for U+5A1F

Chinese

trad.		娟
simp. ^#		娟
alternative forms		姢

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʷen) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
Min Dong (BUC): giŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): koan

(Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ / giêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
  - Wade–Giles: chüan¹
  - Yale: jywān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
  - Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun¹
  - Yale: gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
  - Tâi-lô: kuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giang¹ / giêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/

Note:

giang1 - Shantou;
giêng1 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: /ʔiuᴇn/

Rime
Character	娟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwian/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʷen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娟
Reading #	1/1
No.	16065
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	娟
Old Chinese	/*qʷen/

Definitions

娟

^† beautiful; graceful

Usage notes

Besides compounds, this character is also frequently used in personal names now.

Compounds

㛹娟
便娟
娟好
娟娟

娟秀 (juānxiù)
娟美
娟麗／娟丽
嬋娟／婵娟 (chánjuān)

嬋娟刃／婵娟刃
聯娟／联娟
連娟／连娟

Japanese

Kanji

娟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: えん (en); けん (ken)

Kan-on: えん (en); けん (ken)

Kun: あでやか (adeyaka); しなやか (shinayaka); こびる (kobiru)

Korean

Hanja

娟 (eumhun 예쁠 연 (yeppeul yeon))

Hanja form^? of 연 (“beautiful”).

Vietnamese

Han character

娟: Hán Nôm readings: Quyên

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References

Nom Foundation

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