狷

狷	U+72F7, 狷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F7

← 狶
[U+72F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

狸 →
[U+72F8]

Translingual

Han character

狷 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹口月 (KHRB), four-corner 4622₇, composition ⿰犭肙)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20426
Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 5
Unihan data for U+72F7

Chinese

trad.		狷
simp. ^#		狷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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): juàn (juan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³ / gyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴
  - Yale: jywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
  - Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gyun³ / gyun¹
  - Yale: gyun / gyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³ / gyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün³ / gün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/, /kyːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwenH, kjwienH

Rime
Character	狷	狷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古縣切	吉掾切
Baxter	kwenH	kjwienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwen^H/	/kiuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷen^H/	/kʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛn^H/	/kjuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛn^H/	/kwian^H/
Li Rong	/kuen^H/	/kiuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/kiwen^H/	/kĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwen^H/	/ki̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun³	gyun³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷens/, /*kʷeːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狷	狷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16062	16080
Phonetic component	肙	肙
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	絹	睊
Old Chinese	/*kʷens/	/*kʷeːns/

Definitions

狷

(literary) rash; impetuous; impulsive
(literary) reserved; overcautious
(literary) upright (of character)

Compounds

狂狷 (kuángjuàn)
狷介
狷傲
狷忿
狷急
狷狹 / 狷狭
狷篤 / 狷笃

References

“狷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

狷

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: けん (ken)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: せまい (semai, 狷い)

Korean

Hanja

狷 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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