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

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/

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
Old Chinese	/*qʷen/

Definitions

娟

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful; graceful

Usage notes

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

Compounds

便娟
娟好 (juānhǎo)
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))

hanja form^? of 연 (“beautiful”)

Vietnamese

Han character

娟: Hán Nôm readings: Quyên

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References

Nom Foundation