# 絹

| 絹 | U+7D79, &#32121; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D79 |
| ← 絸 [U+7D78] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絺 → [U+7D7A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火口月 (VFRB), four-corner 2692$_7$, composition ⿰糹肙)

#### Derived characters

* 㯞, 𡫂, 羂

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27470
* Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3404, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7D79

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷens) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns). The character conveys the meaning of "silk."

#### References

* ↑ Digital Shinjigen 2017

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juàn (juan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn / kìn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^4$
*** Yale: jywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
*** Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^3$
*** Yale: gyun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
*** Tâi-lô: kuàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìn
*** Tâi-lô: kìn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kixn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kin²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kin¹¹/
* koàn - literary;
* kìn - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kjwienH
Rime :
| Character | 絹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 吉掾切 |
| Baxter | kjwienH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kiuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kjuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷen-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷens/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 絹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | juàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwien$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷen-s/ |
| English | a kind of silk stuff |
| 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 | 絹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16061 |
| Phonetic component | 肙 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絹 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷens/ |

### Definitions

絹
* fine silk tabby; thin, tough silk fabric.

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 견(絹) (gyeon)
* → Vietnamese: quyến (絹)

### Compounds

* 扃絹／扃绢
* 手絹／手绢 (shǒujuàn)
* 禾絹／禾绢
* 素絹／素绢
* 絹印／绢印
* 絹子／绢子
* 絹帕／绢帕
* 絹帛／绢帛 (juànbó)
* 絹木／绢木 (juànmù)
* 絹本／绢本
* 絹猴／绢猴
* 絹素／绢素
* 絹綢／绢绸
* 絹裱／绢裱

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
* Kun: きぬ (kinu, 絹, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 絹
* きぬ Grade: 6
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きぬ [kíꜜnù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲinɯ̟]

### Noun

絹(きぬ) • (kinu)
* silk

#### Derived terms

* 絹(きぬ)モスリン (kinu mosurin, “chiffon”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

絹 (eumhun 비단 견 (bidan gyeon))
* hanja form of 견 (“silk”)

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

絹: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quyến
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