娴 Stroke Order

娴 (xián) 1. Skillful; proficient. 2. Elegant; refined. 娴 (xián) 1. Skillful: 熟习 (shú xí)、熟熟 (shú shú)、娴于辞令 (xián yú cí lìng) - Proficient in language. 2. Elegant: 娴丽 (xián lì)、娴都 (xián dū) (elegant and beautiful) 、娴淑 (xián shū) (elegant and good) 、娴雅 (xián yǎ)、娴静 (xián jìng). 本义: 文雅; 柔美文静，庄重不轻浮 (Original meaning: Elegant; soft and quiet, dignified and not frivolous). 造字法: 形声。从女，闲声 (Character formation: Phono-semantic compound, composed of the 'woman' radical and the sound 'xian'). 引 (References): 1. 《说文》: 嫺，雅也 (Shuō Wén: "Xián means elegant"). 2. 嫺雅，犹沈静也 (Xián yǎ, meaning "it is also calm") - 《后汉书·马援传》注. 3. 张衡《上林赋》: 若夫青琴、 宓妃之徒，绝殊离俗，妖冶娴都 (Zhang Heng's "Ode to the Imperial Park": as for the green zither and Mi Fei, they are exquisite and stunningly beautiful). 4. 《论衡·定贤》: 或骨体娴丽 (Lunheng: "Some are graceful in form"). 5. 曹植《静思赋》: 夫何美女之娴妖，红颜晔而流光 (Cao Zhi's "Quiet Reflection": What beauty is as elegant and enchanting, her red face shining like light). 例 (Examples): 娴婉 (xián wǎn) - Elegant and beautiful; 娴丽 (xián lì) - Gracefully beautiful. 娴 (xián) 作为动词 (As a verb): 1. 熟悉 (shú xī) (to be skillful at; have the knack of). 引 (References): 1. 《明史 戚繼光传》: 今边兵惟习马耳，未娴山战、林战、谷战之道也 (Ming History: "The border troops are only skilled in cavalry, not adept at mountain, forest, or valley warfare"). 2. 《畫图緣》: 這花生，已弃詩书而娴韜略 (Hua Tu Yuan: "This flower seed has abandoned poetry for strategy"). 3. 《史記賈屈原賈生列传》: 娴于辞令 (Records of the Grand Historian: "Skilled in language"). 例 (Examples): 娴熟 (xián shú) - Proficient.