鬈

鬈 · quán

fine growth of hair; curly hair

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
quán
Cantonese
kyun4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fine growth of hair; curly hair

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬈 quán · to curl; curled

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74529.010:quán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0947.100:quán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
310.080:quán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
quán粵kyun4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケン ゲン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
巨員 丘圓 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHFQU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7271.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1455.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
143.16 143.29 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0226e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B08
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6312

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
鬈
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gjwen · 巨員 · 山合三平仙群 · #638
Middle Chinese
khjwen · 丘圓 · 山合三平仙溪 · #641

PHONO-ML, source line 5129; 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
1519.202
kDaeJaweon
1986.090
kGSR
0226e
kHanYu
74529.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1986.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74529.010
kIRGKangXi
1455.110
kKangXi
1455.110
kMatthews
1661
kMeyerWempe
1297c
kMorohashi
45490
kSBGY
143.16 143.29
kSMSZD2003Index
793.21
kCangjie
SHFQU
kFourCornerCode
7271.2
kMojiJoho
MJ028954
kPhonetic
665
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-775C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F1BB
kIRG_JSource
J13-7E3C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B83
kIRG_KSource
K2-7026
kIRG_TSource
T2-6465
kRSUnicode
190.8
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
F1BB
kCCCII
23553C
kCNS1986
2-6465
kCNS1992
2-6465
kEACC
23553C
kGB0
8760
kGB1
8760
kJIS0213
1,94,28
kJis1
7403
kMainlandTelegraph
7576
kTGH
2013:6312
kTaiwanTelegraph
7576
kXerox
301:103
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17203+190.10.8
kCantonese
kyun4
kDefinition
fine growth of hair; curly hair
kFanqie
巨員 丘圓
kHanyuPinyin
74529.010:quán
kJapanese
ケン ゲン
kJapaneseKun
URUWASHII
kJapaneseOn
KEN GEN
kKorean
KWEN
kMandarin
quán
kSMSZD2003Readings
quán粵kyun4
kTGHZ2013
310.080:quán
kXHC1983
0947.100:quán

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 鬈0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟卷$(GHTJKP)

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