嫻

See also: 娴
嫻 U+5AFB, 嫻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFB
← 嫺
[U+5AFA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嫼 →
[U+5AFC]

Translingual

Han character

嫻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 47420, composition ⿰女閑)

  1. elegant, refined, gracious
  2. skillful

References
  • KangXi: 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
trad. 嫻
simp. 娴
alternative forms 嫺／娴
𡢃／㛠

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嫻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 戸閒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦəɨn/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɛn/
Wang
Li		 /ɣæn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 haan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嫻
Reading # 1/1
No. 13532
Phonetic
component		 閑
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 閑
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡreːn/

Definitions

嫻

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
嫻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Readings
  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)

Korean

Hanja

嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)

  1. elegant
  2. refined
  3. skillful

Vietnamese

Han character

嫻: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn

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