嬋

See also: 婵

嬋	U+5B0B, 嬋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B0B

← 嬊
[U+5B0A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嬌 →
[U+5B0C]

Translingual

Han character

嬋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女口口十 (VRRJ), four-corner 4645₆, composition ⿰女單)

beautiful, lovely, pretty, graceful

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6738
Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 15
Unihan data for U+5B0B

Chinese

trad.		嬋
simp.		婵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嬋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
嚲	*taːlʔ
癉	taːlʔ, taːls, taːn, daːn
奲	taːlʔ, tʰjaːlʔ
驒	daːl, daːn, *teːn
鼉	*daːl
磾	*teːl
鷤	deːl, deːls, *daːn
觶	tjal, tjals
單	taːn, djan, djanʔ, djans
鄲	*taːn
殫	*taːn
簞	*taːn
匰	*taːn
襌	*taːn
彈	daːn, daːns
貚	daːn, deːn
撣	daːn, daːnʔ, daːns, djan, *taːnʔ
潬	*daːnʔ
僤	daːnʔ, daːns, *djan
憚	*daːns
樿	*tjanʔ
燀	tjanʔ, tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
戰	*tjans
闡	*tʰjanʔ
繟	*tʰjanʔ
幝	*tʰjanʔ
嘽	tʰaːn, tʰjanʔ
灛	*tʰjanʔ
蟬	*djan
禪	djan, djans
嬋	*djan
墠	*djanʔ
鱓	*djanʔ
蕇	*teːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djan): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chán (chan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ / sin⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): sièng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siân

(Teochew, Peng'im): siam⁵ / siang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²
  - Yale: chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sim⁴ / sin⁴
  - Yale: sìhm / sìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ / sin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴ / xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân
  - Tâi-lô: siân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siam⁵ / siang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâm / siâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siam⁵⁵/, /siaŋ⁵⁵/

Note: siang5 - Chenghai.

Middle Chinese: dzyen

Rime
Character	嬋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	市連切
Baxter	dzyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑian/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬋
Reading #	1/1
No.	2032
Phonetic component	單
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鋋
Old Chinese	/*djan/

Definitions

嬋

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Compounds

嬋娟 / 婵娟 (chánjuān)
嬋娟刃 / 婵娟刃
嬋媛 / 婵媛 (chányuán)
嬋連 / 婵连

References

“嬋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嬋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ぜん (zen)
Kan-on: せん (sen)
Kun: ひきつなが (hikitsunaga)、みうち (miuchi)

Korean

Hanja

嬋 (eum 선 (seon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬋: Hán Nôm readings: thiền, thuyền

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References

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