㕣

㕣 U 3563, 㕣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3563 ← 㕢 [U 3562] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㕤 → [U 3564]

See also: 谷

Translingual

Han character

㕣 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 金口 (CR), composition ⿱八口)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 172, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 570, character 2
• Unihan data for U 3563

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㕣
alternative forms		兖

Glyph origin

The bottom part is a mouth 口, while the top component 八 is either the representation of an open space between two things (e.g., mountain walls) or, less likely, the representation of stagnant water. Used as the phonetic component of 鉛. See also 谷. Unrelated to the top component of 兑.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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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: jin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ywenX

Rime
Character	㕣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以轉切
Baxter	ywenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/juænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwianX/
Li Rong	/iuɛnX/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lon/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	㕣
Reading #	1/1
No.	14280
Phonetic component	沿
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	沿
Old Chinese	/*lon/

Definitions

㕣

1. ^‡ marsh at the foot of the hills
2. ^‡ Alternative form of 沇 (yǎn)