揜

揜 U 63DC, 揜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63DC ← 換 [U 63DB] CJK Unified Ideographs 揝 → [U 63DD]

Translingual

Han character

揜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手人口廿 (QORT), four-corner 5804₆, composition ⿰扌弇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 442, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12359
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1921, character 1
• Unihan data for U 63DC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
弇	*kɯːm, *qramʔ
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	*qaːmʔ, *qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	*qɯːŋ, *qɯːb

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		揜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'amX, 'jemX

Rime
Character	揜	揜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏敢切	衣儉切
Baxter	'amX	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔamX/	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ɑmX/	/ĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am2	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːmʔ/, /*qramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揜	揜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14367	14369
Phonetic component	弇	弇
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	埯	奄
Old Chinese	/*qaːmʔ/	/*qramʔ/

Definitions

揜

1. to cover up
2. (literary) to take by force

   • 怯者，夜見立表，以為鬼也；見寢石，以為虎也；懼揜其氣也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     怯者，夜见立表，以为鬼也；见寝石，以为虎也；惧揜其气也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Qiè zhě, yè jiàn lìbiǎo, yǐwèi guǐ yě; jiàn qǐnshí, yǐwèi hǔ yě; jù yǎn qí qì yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 揜口葫蘆／揜口葫芦
• 揜揜縮縮／揜揜缩缩
• 揜目
• 揜眼

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		揜
alternative forms		挹

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iap

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iap
    • Tâi-lô: iap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iap̚³²/

Definitions

揜

1. (Hokkien) to secretly take and conceal (something)

Compounds

• 偷揜
• 掩掩揜揜
• 揜僻
• 揜尾狗
• 揜屧
• 揜手
• 揜角
• 揜角仔
• 揜貼／揜贴
• 揜風／揜风

 

Japanese

Kanji

揜

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cover up
2. take by force
3. shut

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、あん (an)、おん (on)
• Kun: とる (toru)

Korean

Hanja

揜 • (am, eom) (hangeul 암, 엄, revised am, eom, McCune–Reischauer am, ŏm, Yale am, em)

1. cover up
2. take by force
3. shut

Vietnamese

Han character

揜: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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References

• Nôm Foundation