# 嬋

| 嬋 | U+5B0B, &#23307; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B0B |
| ← 嬊 [U+5B0A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬌 → [U+5B0C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬋 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女口口十 (VRRJ), four-corner 4645$_6$, composition ⿰女單)
* beautiful, lovely, pretty, graceful

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6738
* Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1080, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5B0B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嬋
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 嚲 | *taːlʔ |
| 癉 | *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn |
| 奲 | *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ |
| 驒 | *daːl, *daːn, *teːn |
| 鼉 | *daːl |
| 磾 | *teːl |
| 鷤 | *deːl, *deːls, *daːn |
| 觶 | *tjal, *tjals |
| 單 | *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans |
| 鄲 | *taːn |
| 殫 | *taːn |
| 簞 | *taːn |
| 匰 | *taːn |
| 襌 | *taːn |
| 彈 | *daːn, *daːns |
| 貚 | *daːn, *deːn |
| 撣 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ |
| 潬 | *daːnʔ |
| 僤 | *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan |
| 憚 | *daːns |
| 樿 | *tjanʔ |
| 燀 | *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ |
| 戰 | *tjans |
| 闡 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 繟 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 幝 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 嘽 | *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djan) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chán (chan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sièng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siam$^5$ / siang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
*** Yale: sìhm / sìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^4$ / xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sièng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân
*** Tâi-lô: siân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siam$^5$ / siang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâm / siâng
*** Sinological IPA : /siam⁵⁵/, /siaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzyen
Rime :
| Character | 嬋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市連切 |
| Baxter | dzyen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑian/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2032 |
| Phonetic component | 單 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鋋 |
| Old Chinese | /*djan/ |

### Definitions

嬋
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### Compounds

* 嬋娟／婵娟 (chánjuān)
* 嬋娟刃／婵娟刃
* 嬋媛／婵媛 (chányuán)
* 嬋連／婵连

### References

* “嬋”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: ひきつなが (hikitsunaga)、みうち (miuchi)

## Korean
### Hanja

嬋 (eum 선 (seon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嬋: Hán Nôm readings: thiền, thuyền
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#### References

* Nom Foundation