# 娟

| 娟 | U+5A1F, &#23071; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1F |
| ← 娞 [U+5A1E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 娠 → [U+5A20] |

## Translingual
### Han character

娟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女口月 (VRB), four-corner 4642$_7$, composition ⿰女肙)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6321
* Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1052, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5A1F

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷen): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juān (juan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiên / kiân
* Eastern Min (BUC): giŏng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giang$^1$ / giêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$cioe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^1$
*** Yale: jywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
*** Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^1$
*** Yale: gyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: gien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯en²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiân
*** Hakka Romanization System: gian$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯an²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyoŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
*** Tâi-lô: kuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: giang$^1$ / giêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiang / kieng
*** Sinological IPA : /kiaŋ³³/, /kieŋ³³/
* giang1 - Shantou;
* giêng1 - Chaozhou.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʷen/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 娟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16065 |
| Phonetic component | 肙 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 娟 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷen/ |

### Definitions

娟
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful; graceful

#### Usage notes

Besides compounds, this character is also frequently used in personal names now.

### Compounds

* 便娟
* 娟好
* 娟娟
* 娟秀 (juānxiù)
* 娟美
* 娟麗 / 娟丽
* 㛹娟
* 嬋娟 / 婵娟 (chánjuān)
* 嬋娟刃 / 婵娟刃
* 聯娟 / 联娟
* 連娟 / 连娟

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en)、けん (ken)
* Kan-on: えん (en)、けん (ken)
* Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 娟しい)、しなやか (shinayaka, 娟やか)、あでやか (adeyaka)、こびる (kobiru)

### References

* “娟”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

娟 (eumhun 예쁠 연 (yeppeul yeon))
* hanja form of 연 (“beautiful”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

娟: Hán Nôm readings: Quyên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation