倩 owes much of its fame to the Shijing 《诗经·卫风·硕人》 line 巧笑倩兮 ('how charming her clever smile') describing the noblewoman Zhuang Jiang. From there 倩 became a standard literary word for an alluring smile and a popular character in women's given names.
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Famous bearer: 聂小倩 (Niè Xiǎoqiàn), the ghost heroine of the Tang-dynasty story collection 《聊斋志异》, adapted in the cult Hong Kong film 《倩女幽魂》 (A Chinese Ghost Story, 1987).
