婉

婉 U+5A49, 婉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A49
← 婈
[U+5A48]
CJK Unified Ideographs 婊 →
[U+5A4A]

Translingual

Han character

婉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女十弓山 (VJNU), four-corner 43412, composition ⿰女宛)

  1. amiable, congenial
  2. restrained

Derived characters

  • 𦹅

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6396
  • Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1062, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5A49

Chinese

trad. 婉
simp. # 婉

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 婉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於阮切
Baxter 'jwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuanX/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuɐnX/
Wang
Li
/ĭwɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯wɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 婉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjwonX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ʔ]o[n]ʔ/
English beautiful

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 婉
Reading # 1/1
No. 16290
Phonetic
component
夗
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
婉
Old
Chinese
/*qonʔ/

Definitions

婉

  1. (literary) gentle; tender; tactful
  2. (literary) beautiful; graceful; elegant

Compounds

  • 和婉
  • 委婉 (wěiwǎn)
  • 婉勸/婉劝
  • 婉和
  • 婉商
  • 婉妙
  • 婉娩
  • 婉婉
  • 婉媚
  • 婉嫕 (wǎnyì)
  • 婉嫛
  • 婉孌/婉娈
  • 婉容
  • 婉戀/婉恋
  • 婉拒 (wǎnjù)
  • 婉曲
  • 婉瘱/婉𪽷 (wǎnyì)
  • 婉約/婉约
  • 婉約派/婉约派
  • 婉縟/婉缛
  • 婉言 (wǎnyán)
  • 婉詞/婉词 (wǎncí)
  • 婉謝/婉谢
  • 婉轉/婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
  • 婉辭/婉辞 (wǎncí)
  • 婉順/婉顺
  • 婉麗/婉丽
  • 幽婉
  • 悽婉/凄婉
  • 淒婉/凄婉
  • 溫婉/温婉 (wēnwǎn)
  • 燕婉
  • 風流婉轉/风流婉转

References

Japanese

Kanji

婉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. graceful

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)
  • Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 婉しい)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

婉 (eum 완 (wan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

婉: Hán Nôm readings: uyển, uốn

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