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U 984F, 顏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-984F

[U 984E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U 9850]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 181, 9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 難卜竹一月 (XYHMB) or 卜竹一月金 (YHMBC), four-corner 01286, composition )

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Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1407, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43591
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4383, character 10
  • Unihan data for U 984F

Chinese

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trad. /
simp.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms 𩕝
𩠪
 
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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋraːn) : phonetic (OC *ŋrans) semantic (head).

Bronze inscription forms: Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋraːn) : phonetic () semantic (face).

Etymology

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Various possibilities exist:

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • gân - literary (incl. surname);
    • hiâⁿ - vernacular.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: nguang5 / nguêng5 / hian5 / ngang5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguâng / nguêng / hiâⁿ / ngâng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋueŋ⁵⁵/, /hĩã⁵⁵/, /ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • nguang5 - Shantou, nguêng5 - Chaozhou;
  • hian5/ngang5 - surname.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (69)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter ngaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠan/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaɨn/
Li
Rong
/ŋan/
Wang
Li
/ŋan/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngæn › ‹ ngæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋˁrar/ /*C.ŋˁrar/
English face, forehead surname

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14405
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋraːn/

Definitions

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  1. (literary, anatomy) forehead, especially the glabellar area
  2. countenance; facial expression
      ―  róngyán  ―  countenance; looks
    笑逐笑逐  ―  xiàozhúyánkāi  ―  to beam with joy
  3. color; hue
      ―  yán  ―  color
  4. prestige; dignity
      ―  hòuyán  ―  brazen; shameless
  5. a surname
      ―  Yán Zhēnqīng  ―  Yan Zhenqing (Tang dynasty calligrapher)

Synonyms

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  • (face):
  • (color): ()

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )[1]

  1. Kyūjitai form of (face; expression)

Readings

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  • Go-on: げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: がん (gan)
  • Kun: かお (kao, )かほ (kafo, , historical)

Usage notes

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For the character commonly used in modern Japan, see instead.

References

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  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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(an) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

  1. face
  2. facial appearance

Miyako

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

Etymology

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From (, eye) (pana, nose).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みぱな) (mipana

  1. face

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちら) (chira

  1. face

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: nhan

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