絹

See also: 绢

絹 U+7D79, 絹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D79 ← 絸 [U+7D78] CJK Unified Ideographs 絺 → [U+7D7A]

Translingual

Han character

絹 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火口月 (VFRB), four-corner 2692₇, composition ⿰糹肙)

Derived characters

• 㯞, 𡫂, 羂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27470
• Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3404, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7D79

Chinese

trad.		絹
simp.		绢

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷens) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 肙 (OC *qʷeːns). The character conveys the meaning of "silk."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juàn (juan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koàn / kìn

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• 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
    • Yale: gyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìn
    • Tâi-lô: kìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kin¹¹/

Note:

• koàn - literary;
• kìn - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: kjwienH

Rime
Character	絹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	吉掾切
Baxter	kjwienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwianH/
Li Rong	/kiuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	juàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwienH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷen-s/
English	a kind of silk stuff
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	絹
Reading #	1/1
No.	16061
Phonetic component	肙
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絹
Old Chinese	/*kʷens/

Definitions

絹

1. fine silk tabby; thin, tough silk fabric.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (絹):

• → Korean: 견(絹) (gyeon)
• → Vietnamese: quyến (絹)

Compounds

• 扃絹／扃绢
• 手絹／手绢 (shǒujuàn)
• 禾絹／禾绢
• 素絹／素绢
• 絹印／绢印
• 絹子／绢子
• 絹帕／绢帕
• 絹帛／绢帛 (juànbó)
• 絹木／绢木 (juànmù)
• 絹本／绢本
• 絹猴／绢猴
• 絹素／绢素
• 絹綢／绢绸
• 絹裱／绢裱

 

Japanese

Kanji

絹

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kun: きぬ (kinu, 絹, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
絹
きぬ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぬ [kíꜜnù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟]

Noun

絹(きぬ) • (kinu) 

1. silk

Derived terms

• 絹(きぬ)モスリン (kinu mosurin, “chiffon”)

Korean

Hanja

絹 (eumhun 비단 견 (bidan gyeon))

1. hanja form^? of 견 (“silk”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絹: Hán Nôm readings: quyên, quyến

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