羱

羱 U 7FB1, 羱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FB1 ← 羰 [U 7FB0] CJK Unified Ideographs 羲 → [U 7FB2]

Translingual

Han character

羱 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊 10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿手一竹火 (TQMHF), four-corner 8159₆, composition ⿰羊原)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 953, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28545
• Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3137, character 10
• Unihan data for U 7FB1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		羱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuán (yuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngoeng² / ngyeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuán
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²
    • Yale: ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngoeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋœŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyeng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyøŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon, ngwan

Rime
Character	羱	羱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	愚袁切	五丸切
Baxter	ngjwon	ngwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/	/ŋʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/	/ŋwan/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/	/ŋuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	wán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	wun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːn/, /*ŋʷan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羱	羱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16181	16191
Phonetic component	原	原
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	岏	元
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaːn/	/*ŋʷan/

Definitions

羱

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References

• “羱”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “羱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 294.