璇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 玉
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 璿

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xuán
Cantonese: syun4
JapaneseOn: SEN ZEN
Korean: SEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: beautiful jade; star

CE-Dict: (jade)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.fine jade
2.name of a constellation

1.fine jade

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【玉字部】璇
【廣韻】似宣切【集韻】旬宣切，𠀤音旋。【廣韻】同琁。【山海經】王母之山，有璇瑰瑤碧。【註】璇瑰，亦玉名。　又星名。【史記·天官書北斗七星註】春秋運斗極云：斗第二璇。　又【揚子·方言】簙謂之蔽。或謂之𠥙璇。【註】竹器所以整頓簿者。　又人名。【後漢·楊璇傳】楊璇字機平。

Han-De-Dict: wunderschöne Jade (u.E.)