# 眷

| 眷 | U+7737, &#30519; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7737 |
| ← 眶 [U+7736] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 眸 → [U+7738] |

## Translingual
### Han character

眷 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火手月山 (FQBU), four-corner 9060$_3$, composition ⿱龹目(GHT) or ⿱𠔉目(JKV))

#### Derived characters

* 𡡀, 慻, 𨖩, 膡, 𰦀, 𮈿, 䒅, 𧷬, 𠢚, 𢨄, 𲁏, 𩴖, 𡈕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 807, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23311
* Dae Jaweon: page 1222, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2487, character 13
* Unihan data for U+7737

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 眷
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 潫 | *qroːn, *qon, *qron |
| 豢 | *ɡroːns |
| 勬 | *kron, *krons |
| 韏 | *kronʔ, *ɡrons, *kʰons |
| 眷 | *krons |
| 桊 | *krons |
| 絭 | *krons, *kʰrons, *kons, *kʰons, *koɡ |
| 觠 | *krons, *ɡron |
| 飬 | *krons |
| 弮 | *kʰron, *krons |
| 拳 | *ɡron |
| 卷 | *ɡron, *kronʔ, *krons, *ɡonʔ |
| 齤 | *ɡron |
| 券 | *kʰons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krons) : phonetic 龹 + semantic 目 (“eye”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juàn (juan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): guóng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guêng$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$cioe / $^5$ciuon
* 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/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guóng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɔŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
*** Tâi-lô: kuàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guêng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuèng
*** Sinological IPA : /kueŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$cioe
*** MiniDict: cioe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jyoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyø³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕyø⁵²³/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ciuon
*** MiniDict: ciuon$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕyõ⁴⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kjwenH
Rime :
| Character | 眷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (80) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居倦切 |
| Baxter | kjwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiuᴇn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚiɛn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwian$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjuɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwɛn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯wɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ro[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*krons/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | juàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwen$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ro[n]-s/ |
| English | look on with affection |
| 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 | 眷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7158 |
| Phonetic component |  |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眷 |
| Old Chinese | /*krons/ |

### Definitions

眷
* (obsolete) to look back
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Nǎi juàn xī gù, cǐ wéi yǔ zhái. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (literary) to take interest in; to care for
    眷顧／眷顾 ― juàngù ― to be concerned about
    眷戀／眷恋 ― juànliàn ― to think fondly of
* relatives
    親眷／亲眷 ― qīnjuàn ― relatives
    眷屬／眷属 ― juànshǔ ― relatives
    From: February 2018, 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48, column 1
    Wǔzhí rényuán yěshì sān nián yī huàn. Guānbīng dōu bùzhǔn xī juàn lái Tái, chú shǎoshù lìwài. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* a surname

### Compounds

* 一家眷屬／一家眷属
* 三親六眷／三亲六眷
* 三親四眷／三亲四眷
* 乃眷
* 九眷
* 交門親眷／交门亲眷
* 僑眷／侨眷 (qiáojuàn)
* 內眷／内眷 (nèijuàn)
* 天眷
* 女眷
* 姻眷
* 存眷
* 宅眷
* 宸眷
* 家眷 (jiājuàn)
* 寶眷／宝眷 (bǎojuàn)
* 少親失眷／少亲失眷
* 忝眷
* 恩眷
* 挈眷
* 攜家帶眷／携家带眷
* 攜眷／携眷
* 敝眷
* 眷佑 (juànyòu)
* 眷保
* 眷區／眷区 (juànqū)
* 眷口
* 眷姻
* 眷屬／眷属 (juànshǔ)
* 眷念 (juànniàn)
* 眷念無斁／眷念无𭣧
* 眷愛／眷爱 (juàn'ài)
* 眷懷／眷怀 (juànhuái)
* 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn)
* 眷族
* 眷晚生
* 眷村 (juàncūn)
* 眷注 (juànzhù)
* 眷生
* 眷眷
* 眷眷之心
* 眷舍
* 眷言
* 眷遇
* 眷顧／眷顾 (juàngù)
* 眷齒／眷齿
* 神仙眷屬／神仙眷属
* 美眷
* 美眷姻
* 親眷／亲眷 (qīnjuàn)
* 軍眷／军眷 (jūnjuàn)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02771

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)
* Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru)

## Korean
### Hanja

眷 (eum 권 (gwon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

眷: Hán Nôm readings: quyến, quấn, cuốn, quẹn
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