huán
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 graceful and slender (of a woman)

Examples

甄嬛传受欢迎宫廷
《 Zhēnhuánzhuàn 》 shì hěn shòuhuānyíng de gōngtíng jù.
The Legend of Zhen Huan is a very popular palace drama.
Zhège rénwù de míngzi yòng le huán zì, gǔ yì shì miáotiao róuměi.
The character's name uses 嬛, an old word for graceful and slender.

Tips

culture
is rare today and used almost only in names. It became widely known through the hit drama 《甄嬛传》 (The Legend of Zhen Huan). It also has old readings qióng (lonely, for ) and xuān, but those are no longer in everyday use.

Components

radical
woman; female
The woman radical, fitting because describes a slender, graceful female form. It is why the character appears so often in women's given names.
phonetic
qióng
to stare; (phonetic element)
Supplies the sound. The same phonetic appears in and (huán), which is why this character is read huán in names like Zhen Huan.

Stroke Order

huán