# 涓

| 涓 | U+6D93, &#28051; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D93 |
| ← 涒 [U+6D92] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 涔 → [U+6D94] |

## Translingual
### Han character

涓 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水口月 (ERB), four-corner 3612$_7$, composition ⿰氵肙)

#### Derived characters

* 𪡵, 𪬙, 𠅻, 𫯗

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 627, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17541
* Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1624, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6D93

## 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juān (juan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koan
* 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/
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: kwen
Rime :
| Character | 涓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古玄切 |
| Baxter | kwen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /kuen/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwen/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwen/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gyun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 涓 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16069 |
| Phonetic component | 肙 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 涓 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeːn/ |

### Definitions

涓
* (literary) brook; stream
* (literary) tiny; negligible
* (literary) to choose; to select
* (literary) to clean; to clear

#### Compounds

* 中涓 (zhōngjuān)
* 龐涓／庞涓
* 涓人
* 涓吉
* 涓埃 (juān'āi)
* 涓流 (juānliú)
* 涓涓
* 涓滴
* 涓滴歸公／涓滴归公
* 涓潔／涓洁

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、えん (en)、げん (gen)
* Kun: しずく (shizuku)、わずか (wazuka)、あな (ana)

## Korean
### Hanja

涓 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

涓: Hán Nôm readings: quen, quên, quyên
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#### References

* Nom Foundation