Chou Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Woman (nǚ)
娟
Kangxi Strokes: 10
Page 262, Entry 33
Pronounced juan
Chan juan, meaning beautiful appearance.
Meng Jiao poetry: The wormwood vines turn delicate as jade, water caltrops and duckweed are all chan juan.
Also lian juan, meaning delicate and weak.
Han Wudi, Lament for Lady Li: Beautiful and lian juan, elegant and fair.
Also lian juan, meaning slightly curved.
Song Yu, Rhapsody on the Goddess: Eyebrows lian juan, raised like a moth.
Also bian juan, meaning light and graceful.
Xie Lingyun, Rhapsody on Snow: Initially bian juan on the verandas, finally lingering among the curtains.
Also juan juan, meaning remote and distant.
Du Fu poetry: The wind holds the green bamboo, juan juan and clean.
Also a woman's name.
Music Bureau, Explanations: Zhou Nüjuan, wife of Zhao Zi, daughter of the Hejin official.
Also Lijuan, a Han dynasty palace woman, skilled at singing the Returning Wind song.
Pronounced yuan
A woman's name.
Pronounced juan
Charming.
Also, a beautiful appearance. Commonly written as huan. Sometimes written as huan.