嫄

嫄 · yuán

an ancient emperor's mother's name, Qiang Yuan, consort to Gu

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yuán
Cantonese
jyun4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

an ancient emperor's mother's name, Qiang Yuan, consort to Gu

Dictionary definitions & readings

嫄 yuán · name of an empress

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21071.140:yuán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1423.050:yuán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
451.170:yuán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yuán粵jyun4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲン ガン ギン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
원:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
愚袁 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VMHF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4149.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0268.370 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
113.07 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5AC4
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7612

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngjwon · 愚袁 · 山合三平元疑 · #469

PHONO-ML, source line 3966; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
390.505
kDaeJaweon
0536.100
kHanYu
21071.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
0536.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21071.140
kIRGKangXi
0268.370
kKangXi
0268.370
kMatthews
7726
kMeyerWempe
3669i
kMorohashi
06606
kSBGY
113.07
kSMSZD2003Index
160.02
kCangjie
VMHF
kFourCornerCode
4149.6
kMojiJoho
MJ009899
kPhonetic
1629
kUnihanCore2020
GHKMPT
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
G5-404C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DCF4
kIRG_JSource
J13-2F7A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FEB7
kIRG_KSource
K0-6A31
kIRG_TSource
T2-423B
kRSUnicode
38.10
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
DCF4
kCCCII
217C41
kCNS1986
2-423B
kCNS1992
2-423B
kEACC
217C41
kGB5
3244
kGB8
1433
kJIS0213
1,15,90
kJis1
2601
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1270
kTGH
2013:7612
kTaiwanTelegraph
1270
kXerox
275:355
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+16832+38.3.10
kCantonese
jyun4
kDefinition
an ancient emperor's mother's name, Qiang Yuan, consort to Gu
kFanqie
愚袁
kHangul
원:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21071.140:yuán
kJapanese
ゲン ガン ギン
kJapaneseOn
GEN GAN
kKorean
WEN
kMandarin
yuán
kSMSZD2003Readings
yuán粵jyun4
kTGHZ2013
451.170:yuán
kXHC1983
1423.050:yuán

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 嫄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 原 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女原$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女原$(GHTJKP)

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