# 攣

| 攣 | U+6523, &#25891; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6523 |
| ← 攢 [U+6522] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 攤 → [U+6524] |

## Translingual
### Han character

攣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+19, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火手 (VFQ), four-corner 2250$_2$, composition ⿱龻手)
* tangled
* entwined
* crooked

#### Derived characters

* 𧖘, 䖂, 癴(𰣽)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 464, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13032
* Dae Jaweon: page 813, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1989, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6523

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蠻 | *mroːn |
| 矕 | *mroːnʔ |
| 變 | *prons |
| 鸞 | *b·roːn |
| 巒 | *b·roːn |
| 灤 | *b·roːn |
| 欒 | *b·roːn |
| 鑾 | *b·roːn |
| 臠 | *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ |
| 羉 | *b·roːn |
| 䜌 | *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons |
| 灓 | *b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons |
| 圝 | *b·roːn |
| 曫 | *b·roːn |
| 孿 | *smroːns, *smrons |
| 彎 | *qroːn |
| 灣 | *qroːn |
| 攣 | *b·ron |
| 孌 | *b·ronʔ, *b·rons |
| 戀 | *b·rons |
| 㪻 | *pʰlons, *klons |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luán, lüán, liàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ, ㄌㄩㄢˊ, ㄌㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): loân / loān
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luán
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luán
*** Wade–Giles: luan$^2$
*** Yale: lwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luan
*** Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯än³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lüán
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyuán
*** Wade–Giles: lüan$^2$
*** Yale: lywán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuan
*** Palladius: люань (ljuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly̯ɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^4$
*** Yale: lyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lyun$^4$
*** Yale: lyùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lün$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòn
*** Hakka Romanization System: lion$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lion$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯on¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loân / loān
*** Tâi-lô: luân / luān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loaan, loan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /luan²⁴/, /luan²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /luan²⁴/, /luan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /luan¹³/, /luan²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /luan²⁴/, /luan³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /luan²³/, /luan³³/
* Middle Chinese: ljwen
Rime :
| Character | 攣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 呂員切 |
| Baxter | ljwen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwian/ |
| Li Rong | /liuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | luán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lyun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*b·ron/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 攣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8628 |
| Phonetic component |  |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 攣 |
| Old Chinese | /*b·ron/ |

#### Definitions

攣
* to spasm and become curled, unable to be stretched

#### Compounds

* 憤怒痙攣／愤怒痉挛
* 拘攣／拘挛
* 拘攣兒／拘挛儿
* 拘攣補衲／拘挛补衲
* 拳攣／拳挛
* 攣弱／挛弱
* 攣攣／挛挛
* 攣踠／挛踠
* 攣躄／挛躄
* 攣鞮氏／挛鞮氏
* 熱痙攣／热痉挛
* 痙攣／痉挛 (jìngluán)
* 痙攣派／痉挛派

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun$^1$ / lyun$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lyun$^1$ / lyun$^4$
*** Yale: lyūn / lyùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lyn$^1$ / lyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lün$^1$ / lün$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyːn⁵⁵/, /lyːn²¹/

#### Definitions

攣
* (Cantonese) curved; curly; twisted
    Antonym: 直 (zik6)
* (Cantonese) to curve; to bend
** 1929 March 4, 0m37s from the start, in Chinese hair styles--outtakes‎:
       ngo$^5$ di$^1$ tau$^4$ faat$^3$ hoeng$^3$ hau$^6$ bin$^6$ lyun$^1$ ge$^3$. [Jyutping]
       My hair curves to the back. / I have a softly curled bob.
* (Cantonese, slang) homosexual; not straight

#### Compounds

* 囉囉攣／啰啰挛
* 囉攣／啰挛
* 攣弓蝦米／挛弓虾米
* 攣曲／挛曲
* 攣毛／挛毛

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 挛 |
| Kyūjitai | 攣 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挛)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: れん (ren)
* Kan-on: れん (ren)
* Kun: つる (tsuru, 攣る)、ひく (hiku, 攣く)

#### Compounds

* 痙攣(けいれん) (keiren)
* 攣縮(れんしゅく) (renshuku)

## Korean
### Hanja

攣 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

攣: Hán Nôm readings: loang, luyên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation