儇

儇 U+5107, 儇
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 26232, composition ⿰亻睘)

  1. 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
simp. and trad.
 儇

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 儇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script

s05681

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (睘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

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		 hyun1
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

  1. clever, nimble

Compounds
  • 儇子
  • 儇薄
  • 妝儇／妆儇

Japanese

Kanji
儇

(uncommon “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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