儇

儇 U+5107, 儇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5107 ← 儆 [U+5106] CJK Unified Ideographs 儈 → [U+5108]

Translingual

Han character

儇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人田中女 (OWLV), four-corner 2623₂, composition ⿰亻睘)

1. clever, nimble

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1188
• Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 225, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5107

Chinese

simp. and trad.		儇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05681
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
癏	*kʷraːn
擐	*kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
還	*ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan
環	*ɡʷraːn
鬟	*ɡʷraːn
寰	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns
闤	*ɡʷraːn
糫	*ɡʷraːn
圜	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen
鐶	*ɡʷraːn
轘	*ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns
澴	*ɡʷraːn
繯	*ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ
檈	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷin
儇	*qʰʷen
翾	*qʰʷen
蠉	*qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ
嬛	*qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ
譞	*qʰʷen
懁	*kʷeːns
獧	*kʷeːns
噮	*qʷeːns
彋	*ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ
睘	*ɡʷeŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuān (xuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹
    • Yale: sywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹
    • Yale: hyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
    • Tâi-lô: huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwien

Rime
Character	儇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許緣切
Baxter	xjwien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwian/
Li Rong	/xiuɛn/
Wang Li	/xĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰen/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuān
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwien ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰen/
English	nimble, smart
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	儇
Reading #	1/1
No.	16245
Phonetic component	睘
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翾
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷen/

Definitions

儇

1. clever, nimble

Compounds

• 儇子
• 儇薄
• 妝儇／妆儇

 

Japanese

Kanji

儇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かしこい (kashikoi); あぎむく (agimuku); とい (toi); まとふ (matofu)

Korean

Hanja

儇 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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