# 儇

| 儇 | U+5107, &#20743; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5107 |
| ← 儆 [U+5106] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 儈 → [U+5108] |

## Translingual
### Han character

儇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人田中女 (OWLV), four-corner 2623$_2$, composition ⿰亻睘)
* clever, nimble

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1188
* Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 225, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5107

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 儇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts05681
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 癏 | *kʷraːn |
| 擐 | *kʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 還 | *ɡʷraːn, *sɢʷan |
| 環 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 鬟 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 寰 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷeːns |
| 闤 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 糫 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 圜 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷen |
| 鐶 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 轘 | *ɡʷraːn, *ɡʷraːns |
| 澴 | *ɡʷraːn |
| 繯 | *ɡʷraːns, *ɡʷeːnʔ |
| 檈 | *sɢʷan, *sɢʷin |
| 儇 | *qʰʷen |
| 翾 | *qʰʷen |
| 蠉 | *qʰʷen, *qʰʷenʔ |
| 嬛 | *qʰʷen, *qʷen, *ɡʷeŋ |
| 譞 | *qʰʷen |
| 懁 | *kʷeːns |
| 獧 | *kʷeːns |
| 噮 | *qʷeːns |
| 彋 | *ɡʷreːŋ, *ɡʷreːŋ |
| 睘 | *ɡʷeŋ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuān (xuan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng$^1$ / syeng$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuan
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^1$
*** Yale: sywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuan
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hyun$^1$
*** Yale: hyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyːn⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
*** Tâi-lô: huân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/
* Middle Chinese: xjwien
Rime :
| Character | 儇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許緣切 |
| Baxter | xjwien |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwian/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰen/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷen/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 儇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjwien › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰen/ |
| English | nimble, smart |
| 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 | 儇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16245 |
| Phonetic component | 睘 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 翾 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷen/ |

#### Definitions

儇
* clever, nimble

#### Compounds

* 儇子
* 儇薄
* 妝儇／妆儇

### Pronunciation 2

* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$huae / $^1$hua
* Wu
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^1$huae
*** MiniDict: huae$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /huɛ⁵²/
** (Northern: Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^1$hua
*** MiniDict: hua$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /huɑ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

儇
* (Ningbonese, Shadi Wu) (of a child) good; obedient; clever; well-behaved

#### Synonyms

(clever):
* 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
* 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
* 伶俐 (línglì)
* 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
* 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
* 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
* 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
* 明慧 (mínghuì)
* 明智 (míngzhì)
* 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
* 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
* 機穎／机颖 (literary)
* 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
* 機靈／机灵
* 活絡／活络 (Wu)
* 睿智 (ruìzhì)
* 穎異／颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
* 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
* 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
* 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
* 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
* 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
* 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
* 英明 (yīngmíng)
* 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
* 靈／灵 (líng)
* 靈光／灵光 ($^6$lin-kuaon) (Wu)
* 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)
(well-behaved):
* 乖 (guāi)
* 𠢕 (ghao$^5$) (Teochew)
* 懂事 (dǒngshì)
* 懂事體／懂事体 (Wu)
* 捌事 (báik-tâi) (Eastern Min)
* 明事理 (míngshìlǐ)
* 曉事／晓事 (xiǎoshì)
* 聽話／听话 (tīnghuà)
* 聽閒話／听闲话 ($^1$thin $^6$ghe-gho$_6$) (Northern Wu)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “儇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)
* Kun: かしこい (kashikoi)、あぎむく (agimuku)、とい (toi)、まとふ (matofu)

## Korean
### Hanja

儇 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)
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