嫻

See also: 娴

嫻 U+5AFB, 嫻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AFB ← 嫺 [U+5AFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫼 → [U+5AFC]

Translingual

Han character

嫻 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓木 (VAND), four-corner 4742₀, composition ⿰女閑)

1. elegant, refined, gracious
2. skillful

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 271, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6711
• Dae Jaweon: page 539, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1082, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5AFB

Chinese

trad.		嫻
simp.		娴
alternative forms		嫺／娴 𡢃／㛠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁴
    • Yale: hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hean

Rime
Character	嫻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸閒切
Baxter	hean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɣɛn/
Wang Li	/ɣæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫻
Reading #	1/1
No.	13532
Phonetic component	閑
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	閑
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːn/

Definitions

嫻

1. (literary, or in compounds, of personality, behaviour, etc.) elegant, gentle and quiet
2. (literary, or in compounds) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient

Synonyms

• (elegant):

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

• (skilled):

• 嫻熟／娴熟 (xiánshú) (formal)
• 熟 (shú)
• 熟嫻／熟娴 (shúxián) (literary)
• 熟手 (Hokkien, mainland China)
• 熟練／熟练 (shúliàn)
• 純／纯
• 純熟／纯熟 (chúnshú)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “elegant”):

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Compounds

• 嫻淑／娴淑
• 嫻熟／娴熟 (xiánshú)
• 嫻習／娴习
• 嫻雅／娴雅 (xiányǎ)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽嫻／幽娴
• 熟嫻／熟娴 (shúxián)
• 舉止嫻雅／举止娴雅

 

Japanese

Kanji

嫻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. elegant
2. refined
3. skillful

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)

Korean

Hanja

嫻 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han)

1. elegant
2. refined
3. skillful

Vietnamese

Han character

嫻: Hán Nôm readings: nhàn

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