媛

媛	U+5A9B, 媛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9B

← 媚
[U+5A9A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

媜 →
[U+5A9C]

Translingual

Han character

媛 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女月一水 (VBME), four-corner 4244₇, composition ⿰女爰)

Derived characters

𮑘

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6516
Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 12
Unihan data for U+5A9B

Chinese

trad.		媛
simp. ^#		媛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
暖	*noːnʔ
煖	noːnʔ, qʰʷan
喛	qʰʷaːns, qʰʷan
緩	*ɢʷaːnʔ
鰀	*ɢʷaːnʔ
嵈	*ɢʷaːnʔ
鍰	*ɢʷraːn
湲	*ɢʷan
媛	ɢʷans, ɢʷan
瑗	*ɢʷans
援	ɢʷans, ɢʷan
褑	*ɢʷans
諼	qʰʷan, qʰʷanʔ
愋	*qʰʷan
楥	*qʰʷans
爰	*ɢʷan
鶢	*ɢʷan
蝯	*ɢʷan
猨	*ɢʷan

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 爰 (OC *ɢʷan).^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuàn, yuán (yuan⁴, yuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ, ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuàn
  - Wade–Giles: yüan⁴
  - Yale: ywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuann
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²
  - Yale: ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁶
  - Yale: yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān
  - Tâi-lô: uān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³/

Middle Chinese: hjwenH

Rime
Character	媛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王眷切
Baxter	hjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwian^H/
Li Rong	/ɣjuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷra[n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷans/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	媛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷra[n]-s/
English	a beauty
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媛
Reading #	1/2
No.	16165
Phonetic component	爰
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	瑗
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷans/

Definitions

媛

(literary) beauty; beautiful woman
Synonym: 美女 (měinǚ)
- 子之清揚，揚且之顏也。展如之人兮，邦之媛也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  子之清扬，扬且之颜也。展如之人兮，邦之媛也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zǐ zhī qīng yáng, yáng qiě zhī yán yě. Zhǎn rú zhī rén xī, bāng zhī yuàn yě. [Pinyin]
  Clear are her eyes; fine is her forehead;
  Full are her temples.
  Ah! Such a woman as this!
  The beauty of the country!
(archaic) beautiful; fine

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ / jyun⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeng² / yoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²
  - Yale: ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
  - Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wun⁴ / jyun⁴
  - Yale: wùhn / yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ / jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴ / yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹/, /jyːn²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: é̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: hjwon

Rime
Character	媛
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨元切
Baxter	hjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuan/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐn/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媛
Reading #	2/2
No.	16178
Phonetic component	爰
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	袁
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷan/

Definitions

媛

only used in 嬋媛／婵媛 (chányuán)

Compounds

令媛 (lìngyuàn)
名媛
天媛
媛女
嬋媛 / 婵媛 (chányuán)
嬙媛 / 嫱媛
才媛
淑媛
結媛 / 结媛
英媛
邦媛

Japanese

Shinjitai	媛
Kyūjitai ^[1]	媛󠄁 媛+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	媛󠄃 媛+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

媛

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

princess
a beauty; a beautiful woman

Readings

Go-on: おん (on)^{←をん (won, historical)}
Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
Kun: ひめ (hime, 媛)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
媛
えん Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwenH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Affix

媛(えん) • (en) ^{←ゑん (wen)^?}

a beauty; a beautiful woman

Derived terms

名媛(めいえん) (meien): famous woman
才媛(さいえん) (saien): talented woman

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
媛
ひめ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Noun

媛(ひめ) • (hime)

alternative form of 姫

References

^ “媛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 媛 (MC hjwon).

Hanja

媛 (eumhun 미녀 원 (minyeo won))

hanja form^? of 원 (“a beauty”)

Compounds

방원 (邦媛, bang'won)
선원 (仙媛, seonwon)
소원 (昭媛, sowon)
양원/량원 (良媛, yang'won/ryang'won)
영원/령원 (令媛, yeong'won/ryeong'won)
원비 (媛妃, wonbi)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

媛: Hán Nôm readings: viện

a beauty; a beautiful woman