絹

See also: 绢

絹	U+7D79, 絹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D79

← 絸
[U+7D78]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絺 →
[U+7D7A]

Translingual

Han character

絹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火口月 (VFRB), four-corner 2692₇, composition ⿰糹肙)

Derived characters

㯞, 𡫂, 羂

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27470
Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3404, character 7
Unihan data for U+7D79

Chinese

trad.		絹
simp.		绢

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 *kʷens): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns). The character conveys the meaning of "silk."^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn / kìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
  - Yale: jywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
  - Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gyun³
  - Yale: gyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
  - Tâi-lô: kuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìn
  - Tâi-lô: kìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kixn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kin²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kin¹¹/

Note:

koàn - literary;
kìn - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: kjwienH

Rime
Character	絹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	吉掾切
Baxter	kjwienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwian^H/
Li Rong	/kiuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷen-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	juàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwien^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷen-s/
English	a kind of silk stuff
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	絹
Reading #	1/1
No.	16061
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷens/

Definitions

絹

fine silk tabby; thin, tough silk fabric.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (絹):

→ Korean: 견(絹) (gyeon)
→ Vietnamese: quyến (絹)

Compounds

扃絹 / 扃绢
手絹 / 手绢 (shǒujuàn)
禾絹 / 禾绢
素絹 / 素绢
絹印 / 绢印
絹子 / 绢子
絹帕 / 绢帕
絹帛 / 绢帛 (juànbó)
絹木 / 绢木 (juànmù)
絹本 / 绢本
絹猴 / 绢猴
絹素 / 绢素
絹綢 / 绢绸
絹裱 / 绢裱

Japanese

Kanji

絹

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
Kun: きぬ (kinu, 絹, Jōyō)

Compounds

絹糸(けんし) (kenshi)
絹紬(けんちゅう) (kenchū)
絹布(けんぷ) (kenpu)
純絹(じゅんけん) (junken)
正絹(しょうけん) (shōken)
純絹(じゅんけん) (junken)
人絹(じんけん) (jinken)
生絹(せいけん) (seiken)
素絹(そけん) (soken)
平絹(へいけん) (heiken)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
絹
きぬ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese [Term?], from Proto-Japonic *kinu.

Possibly cognate with Chinese 絹 / 绢 (juàn, “silk”) (compare Middle Chinese 絹 (kjwienH)) via early borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きぬ [kíꜜnù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟]

Noun

絹(きぬ) • (kinu)

silk

Derived terms

絹糸(きぬいと) (kinuito)
絹雲母(きぬうんも) (kinūnmo)
絹漉(きぬご)し (kinugoshi)
絹莢(きぬさや) (kinusaya)
絹猿(キヌザル) (kinuzaru)
絹地(きぬじ) (kinuji)
絹(きぬ)の道(みち) (Kinu no Michi)
絹張(キヌバリ) (kinubari)
絹針(きぬばり) (kinubari)
絹目(きぬめ) (kinume)
絹(きぬ)モスリン (kinu mosurin, “chiffon”)
絹柳(キヌヤナギ) (kinuyanagi)
絹蘭(キヌラン) (kinuran)
絹綿(きぬわた) (kinuwata)
綾絹(あやぎぬ) (ayaginu)
絵絹(えぎぬ) (eginu)
薄絹(うすぎぬ) (usuginu)
生絹(きぎぬ) (kiginu)
白絹(しらぎぬ) (shiraginu)
平絹(ひらぎぬ) (hiraginu)

Proper noun

絹(きぬ) • (Kinu)

a female given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

絹 (eumhun 비단 견 (bidan gyeon))

hanja form^? of 견 (“silk”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絹: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quyến

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[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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