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妍

妍

See also: 姸

Translingual

Han character

妍 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女一廿 (VMT), four-corner 41440, composition ⿰女开)

References

  • KangXi: page 256, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6075
  • Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+598D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 妍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笄 *kŋeː
枅 *kŋeː
蚈 *kŋeː, *ŋ̥ʰeːn
羿 *ŋeːs
栞 *ŋ̥ʰaːn
雃 *ŋaːn, *ŋ̥ʰeːn
詽 *ŋreːn, *tŋ̥ʰeːn
揅 *ŋeːn
幵 *kŋeːn
鳽 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̥ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣 *kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉 *kŋeːn, *ŋ̥ʰeːn
趼 *kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧 *ŋ̥ʰeːn, *ŋ̥ʰeːns
岍 *ŋ̥ʰeːn
研 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍 *ŋeːn
訮 *hŋeːn
鈃 *ɡeːŋ

Pronunciation

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 妍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ŋ]ˤe[r]/
English beautiful

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 妍
Reading # 1/1
No. 6172
Phonetic
component		 幵
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 姸
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋeːn/

Definitions

妍

  1. beautiful, handsome
  2. seductive

Japanese

Kanji

妍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

妍 • ‎(yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妍 (ngơn)

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