# 嫻

| 嫻 | U+5AFB, &#23291; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFB |
| ← 嫺 [U+5AFA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫼 → [U+5AFC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 4742$_0$, composition ⿰女閑)
* elegant, refined, gracious
* skillful

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6711
* Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 17
* Unihan data for U+5AFB

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xián (xian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xián
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sián
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$
*** Yale: syán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haan$^4$
*** Yale: hàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: han$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: hean
Rime :
| Character | 嫻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸閒切 |
| Baxter | hean |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣæn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13532 |
| Phonetic component | 閑 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閑 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreːn/ |

### Definitions

嫻
* (literary, or in compounds, of personality, behaviour, etc.) elegant, gentle and quiet
* (literary, or in compounds) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient

#### Synonyms

* (elegant):
* 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
* 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
* 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
* 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
* 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
* 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
* 文雅 (wényǎ)
* 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
* 斯文 (sīwén)
* 斯文胎胎 (si$^1$ wen$^2$ tai$^1$ tai$^1$) (Sichuanese)
* 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
* 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
* 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 雅相 (ia$^3$ sian$^4$) (Xiang)
* 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
* 高尚 (gāoshàng)
* 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
* (skilled):
* 嫻熟／娴熟 (xiánshú) (formal)
* 熟 (shú)
* 熟嫻／熟娴 (shúxián) (literary)
* 熟手 (Hokkien, mainland China)
* 熟練／熟练 (shúliàn)
* 純／纯
* 純熟／纯熟 (chúnshú)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “elegant”):
* 低下 (dīxià)
* 低俗 (dīsú)
* 低級／低级 (dījí)
* 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
* 俗骨 (zuk$^6$ gwat$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
* 卑俗 (bēisú)
* 庸俗 (yōngsú)
* 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

#### Compounds

* 嫻淑／娴淑
* 嫻熟／娴熟 (xiánshú)
* 嫻習／娴习
* 嫻雅／娴雅 (xiányǎ)
* 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
* 幽嫻／幽娴
* 熟嫻／熟娴 (shúxián)
* 舉止嫻雅／举止娴雅

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* elegant
* refined
* skillful

#### Readings

* Go-on: げん (gen)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)
* elegant
* refined
* skillful

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫻: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn
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