# 狷

| 狷 | U+72F7, &#29431; 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 4622$_7$, 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
### 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juàn (juan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^3$ / gyun$^1$
* 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$^3$ / gyun$^1$
*** Yale: gyun / gyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^3$ / gyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^3$ / gün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | /kwen$^H$/ | /kiuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷen$^H$/ | /kʷiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛn$^H$/ | /kjuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛn$^H$/ | /kwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kuen$^H$/ | /kiuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwen$^H$/ | /kĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwen$^H$/ | /ki̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juàn | juàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyun$^3$ | gyun$^3$ |
* 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
* (literary) rash; impetuous; impulsive
* (literary) reserved; overcautious
* (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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* narrow
* 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)
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