嬛

嬛 · huán / xuān

apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
huán · xuān
Cantonese
waan4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer

Dictionary definitions & readings

嬛 huán · (used in names)

嬛 qióng · variant of 煢 qióng

嬛 xuān · used in 便嬛 pián xuān

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21083.240:xuān,qióng,xuán,huán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0490.090:huán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
414.210:xuān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
huán粵waan4 yuān粵hyun1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ギョウ ゼン カン ゲン ケン ケイ セン エン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
현:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許緣 於緣 渠營 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VWLV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4643.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0272.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
140.37 141.22 193.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0829b Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B1B
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7913

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
嬛
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
xjwien · 許緣 · 山合三平仙曉 · #620
Middle Chinese
'jwien · 於緣 · 山合三平仙影 · #625
Middle Chinese
gjwieng · 渠營 · 梗合三平清群 · #927

PHONO-ML, source line 5010; 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
392.103
kDaeJaweon
0540.170
kGSR
0829b
kHanYu
21083.240
kIRGDaeJaweon
0540.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21083.240
kIRGKangXi
0272.170
kKangXi
0272.170
kMatthews
2877
kMeyerWempe
1172d
kMorohashi
06782
kSBGY
140.37 141.22 193.13
kSMSZD2003Index
161.19
kCangjie
VWLV
kFourCornerCode
4643.2
kMojiJoho
MJ009992
kPhonetic
1419
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3D5F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E953
kIRG_JSource
J1-3A34
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3DEF
kIRG_KSource
K1-734C
kIRG_TSource
T2-565D
kRSUnicode
38.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
E953
kCCCII
217D47
kCNS1986
2-565D
kCNS1992
2-565D
kEACC
217D47
kGB3
2963
kGB8
9130
kJis1
2620
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1298
kTGH
2013:7913
kTaiwanTelegraph
1298
kXerox
302:307
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19317+38.3.13
kCantonese
waan4
kDefinition
apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer
kFanqie
許緣 於緣 渠營
kHangul
현:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21083.240:xuān,qióng,xuán,huán
kJapanese
ギョウ ゼン カン ゲン ケン ケイ セン エン
kJapaneseKun
KATAI
kJapaneseOn
KEN KEI GYOU
kKorean
HYEN
kMandarin
huán
kSMSZD2003Readings
huán粵waan4 yuān粵hyun1
kTGHZ2013
414.210:xuān
kXHC1983
0490.090:huán

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Structure & connections

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6dictionary records using 嬛0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
女 beside 睘 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女睘$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女睘$(GHTJKP)

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