勬

勬 U+52EC, 勬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52EC ← 勫 [U+52EB] CJK Unified Ideographs 勭 → [U+52ED]

Translingual

Han character

勬 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火火大尸 (FFKS), composition ⿰絭力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2446
• Dae Jaweon: page 337, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 380, character 14
• Unihan data for U+52EC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		勬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
潫	*qroːn, *qon, *qron
豢	*ɡroːns
勬	*kron, *krons
韏	*kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons
眷	*krons
桊	*krons
絭	*krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ
觠	*krons, *ɡron
飬	*krons
弮	*kʰron, *krons
拳	*ɡron
卷	*ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ
齤	*ɡron
券	*kʰons

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juān (juan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwen, kjwenH

Rime
Character	勬	勬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居員切	居倦切
Baxter	kjwen	kjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇn/	/kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛn/	/kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuæn/	/kiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwian/	/kwianH/
Li Rong	/kjuɛn/	/kjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛn/	/kĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛn/	/ki̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juān	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun1	gyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kron/, /*krons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勬	勬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7155	7157
Phonetic component		
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	勬	眷
Old Chinese	/*kron/	/*krons/

Definitions

勬

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Japanese

Kanji

勬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 勬める)、すこやか (sukoyaka, 勬やか)