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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cioe

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• 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^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian^ˊ
    • 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cioe
    • MiniDict: cioe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyø⁵³/

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• 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

1. ^† 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

(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]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

娟 (eumhun 예쁠 연 (yeppeul yeon))

1. hanja form^? of 연 (“beautiful”)

Vietnamese

Han character

娟: Hán Nôm readings: Quyên

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References

• Nom Foundation