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 Dictionary: 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／形声, OC *qʷen) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): giang¹ / giêng¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹cioe

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): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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.

Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cioe
  - MiniDict: cioe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyø⁵³/

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

便娟
娟好
娟娟
娟秀 (juānxiù)
娟美
娟麗／娟丽
㛹娟
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)^{←くゑん (kwen, historical)}

Kan-on: えん (en); けん (ken)^{←くゑん (kwen, historical)}

Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 娟しい); しなやか (shinayaka, 娟やか); あでやか (adeyaka); こびる (kobiru)

References

“娟”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

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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