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眷

眷

Translingual

Han character

眷 (radical 109 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火手月山 (FQBU), four-corner 90603)

  1. take interest in, care for

References

  • KangXi: page 807, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2487, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7737

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眷

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

Rime
Character 眷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 仙 (80)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居倦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiuᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiuænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwianH/
Li
Rong		 /kjuɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /kĭwɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯wɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 juàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 juàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjwenH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ro[n]-s/
English look on with affection

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 眷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7158
Phonetic
component
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 眷
Old
Chinese		 /*krons/

Definitions

眷

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Compounds

  • 一家眷屬／一家眷属
  • 三親六眷／三亲六眷
  • 三親四眷／三亲四眷
  • 乃眷
  • 九眷
  • 交門親眷／交门亲眷
  • 僑眷／侨眷
  • 內眷／内眷
  • 天眷
  • 女眷
  • 姻眷
  • 存眷
  • 宅眷
  • 家眷 (jiājuàn)
  • 宸眷
  • 寶眷／宝眷
  • 少親失眷／少亲失眷
  • 忝眷
  • 恩眷
  • 挈眷
  • 攜家帶眷／携家带眷
  • 攜眷／携眷
  • 敝眷
  • 眷佑 (juànyòu)
  • 眷保
  • 眷區／眷区
  • 眷姻
  • 眷屬／眷属 (juànshǔ)
  • 眷念
  • 眷念無斁／眷念无斁
  • 眷愛／眷爱
  • 眷懷／眷怀
  • 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn)
  • 眷族
  • 眷晚生
  • 眷村 (juàncūn)
  • 眷注
  • 眷生
  • 眷眷
  • 眷眷之心
  • 眷舍
  • 眷言
  • 眷遇
  • 眷顧／眷顾
  • 眷齒／眷齿
  • 神仙眷屬／神仙眷属
  • 美眷
  • 美眷姻
  • 親眷／亲眷 (qīnjuàn)
  • 軍眷／军眷

Japanese

Kanji

眷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

眷 • ‎(gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn, Yale kwen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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