嫙

嫙 U+5AD9, 嫙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD9 ← 嫘 [U+5AD8] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫚 → [U+5ADA]

Translingual

Han character

嫙 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女卜尸人 (VYSO), four-corner 4848₁, composition ⿰女旋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6642
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1078, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5AD9

Chinese

trad.		嫙
simp. #		嫙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
旋	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
漩	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
璇	*sɢʷan
琁	*sɢʷan
蜁	*sɢʷan
嫙	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
鏇	*sɢʷan, *sɢʷans
縼	*sɢʷans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴
    • Yale: syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: zjwen, zjwenH

Rime
Character	嫙	嫙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似宣切	辝戀切
Baxter	zjwen	zjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuᴇn/	/ziuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷiɛn/	/zʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuæn/	/zjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwian/	/zwianH/
Li Rong	/ziuɛn/	/ziuɛnH/
Wang Li	/zĭwɛn/	/zĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wɛn/	/zi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4	syun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷan/, /*sɢʷans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫙	嫙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14048	14053
Phonetic component	旋	旋
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	旋	㳬
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷan/	/*sɢʷans/

Definitions

嫙

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 94

Japanese

Kanji

嫙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); ぜん (zen)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)

Korean

Hanja

嫙 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn)

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