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眷: concern

By July 1, 2016Language-Learning

 

眷 juàn

noun
: concern; take interest in
: wife and children

睠 [眷] juàn


: variant of 眷; to care about; to look fondly on

Kun Reading
none applicable

顧みる | かえりみる kaerimiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; to review;
: to reflect; to reconsider;
: to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about

On Reading

ケン ken

 Usage:

眷區[区] juan4qu1: married quarters; residential quarters for men with families
眷顧[顾] juan4’gu4: to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one’s country)
[眷顧 | けんこ kenko: favor; patronage; being partial to; paying special attention to]
眷屬[属] juan4shu3: family member; husband and wife
[眷属 OR 眷族 | けんぞく kenzoku: (one’s) family; dependents; household]
眷念 juan4nian4: to think fondly of
眷愛[爱] juan4’ai4: to love; sentimentally attached to
眷懷[怀] juan4huai2: to yearn for; to miss
內[内]眷 nei4juan4 OR
女眷 nü3juan4: the females in a family; womenfolk
家眷 jia1juan4: one’s wife and children
攜[携]眷 xie2juan4: accompanied by one’s dependents; encumbered by wife and children
親[亲]眷 qin1juan4: relatives



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
一家眷属 | いっかけんぞく ikka kenzoku
: (yoji) one’s family, relations, and followers

妻子眷属 | さいしけんぞく saishi kenzoku
: (yoji) one’s wife, children, and other relations; one’s whole family

六親眷属 | ろくしんけんぞく rokushin kenzoku
: (yoji) all of one’s relatives by blood and by marriage; one’s kith and kin

親戚眷属 | しんせきけんぞく shinseki kenzoku
: (yoji) one’s family and relatives; one’s kith and kin



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom | proverb
攜家帶眷 [携家带眷] xie2 jia1 dai4 juan4
: to take all one’s family along; encumbered by a family; tied down by family obligations

終成眷屬 [终成眷属] zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3
: Love will find a way to come together

有情人終成眷屬 [有情人终成眷属] you3 qing2 ren2 zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3
: love will find a way

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
目 (mu4: eye radical 109) suggests the meaning while
 / 卷 (juan4: scroll; curl) provides the sound.



 Look-alike:

著[着] zhe, zhao2, zhuo2, zhao1: make move, take action

[着] zhe: a verb-suffix: continuing to, to be in process of doing; aspect particle indicating action in progress

 
著 [着] zháo
: to be ignited; to touch; to feel; to be affected by; to burn; verb ending: to succeed in…

 
著 [着] zhāo
: (chess) move; trick; to suffer from; all right!; (dialect) to add

 
著 [着] zhuó
: to wear (clothes) [Cantonese only] : to contact; to use; to apply


chun1: spring (season)
[はる haru. on: シュン shun]



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary