鬟

鬟 · huán

dress hair in coiled knot; maid

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
huán
Cantonese
waan4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

dress hair in coiled knot; maid

Dictionary definitions & readings

鬟 huán · a knot of hair on top of head

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74536.090:huán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0490.050:huán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
145.030:huán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
huán粵waan4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カン ゲン みずら わげ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
환:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
戶關 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHWLV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7273.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1456.540 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
127.39 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9B1F
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
23
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6477

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

23 strokes
鬟
Strokes
23
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

23 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
hwaen · 戸關 · 山合二平刪匣 · #543

PHONO-ML, source line 4564; 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
1519.503
kDaeJaweon
1988.180
kFennIndex
203.08
kHanYu
74536.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1988.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74536.090
kIRGKangXi
1456.540
kKangXi
1456.540
kKarlgren
102
kMatthews
2264
kMeyerWempe
3708c
kMorohashi
45596
kSBGY
127.39
kSMSZD2003Index
794.10
kCangjie
SHWLV
kFenn
371H
kFourCornerCode
7273.2
kMojiJoho
MJ028977
kPhonetic
1419
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-775F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F855
kIRG_JSource
J0-7225
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8BD6
kIRG_KSource
K1-7442
kIRG_TSource
T2-6F63
kRSUnicode
190.13
kTotalStrokes
23
kBigFive
F855
kCCCII
23555E
kCNS1986
2-6F63
kCNS1992
2-6F63
kEACC
23555E
kGB0
8763
kGB1
8763
kJis0
8205
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7587
kTGH
2013:6477
kTaiwanTelegraph
7587
kXerox
273:044
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7290+190.10.13
kCantonese
waan4
kDefinition
dress hair in coiled knot; maid
kFanqie
戶關
kHangul
환:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74536.090:huán
kJapanese
カン ゲン みずら わげ
kJapaneseKun
WAGE MIZURA
kJapaneseOn
KAN
kKorean
HWAN
kMandarin
huán
kSMSZD2003Readings
huán粵waan4
kTGHZ2013
145.030:huán
kTang
huan
kXHC1983
0490.050:huán

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 鬟0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟睘$(GHTJKP)

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