狷

狷 U+72F7, 狷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F7 ← 狶 [U+72F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 狸 → [U+72F8]

Translingual

Han character

狷 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹口月 (KHRB), four-corner 4622₇, composition ⿰犭肙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20426
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 5
• Unihan data for U+72F7

Chinese

trad.		狷
simp. #		狷

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³, gyun¹

---

• 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, gyun¹
    • Yale: gyun, gyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³, gyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³, gün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/, /kyːn⁵⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: kwenH, kjwienH

Rime
Character	狷	狷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古縣切	吉掾切
Baxter	kwenH	kjwienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwenH/	/kiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷenH/	/kʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛnH/	/kjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛnH/	/kwianH/
Li Rong	/kuenH/	/kiuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kiwenH/	/kĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwenH/	/ki̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun3	gyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷens/, /*kʷeːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狷	狷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16062	16080
Phonetic component	肙	肙
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絹	睊
Old Chinese	/*kʷens/	/*kʷeːns/

Definitions

狷

1. (literary) rash; impetuous; impulsive
2. (literary) reserved; overcautious
3. (literary) upright (of character)

Compounds

• 狂狷 (kuángjuàn)
• 狷介
• 狷傲
• 狷忿
• 狷急
• 狷狹／狷狭
• 狷篤／狷笃

 

References

• “狷”, 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

狷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. narrow
2. short-tempered

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: せまい (semai, 狷い)

Korean

Hanja

狷 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.