嬮

嬮 U+5B2E, 嬮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2E ← 嬭 [U+5B2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬯 → [U+5B2F]

Translingual

Han character

嬮 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大女 (MKV), four-corner 7140₄, composition ⿸厭女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6825
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5B2E

Chinese

trad.		嬮
simp.		𰋽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猒	*qem, *qems
懕	*qem
饜	*qem, *qems
嬮	*qem, *qems, *qeb
厭	*qemʔ, *qems, *qeb
黶	*qemʔ
檿	*qemʔ
魘	*qemʔ, *qeb
厴	*qemʔ
擪	*qemʔ, *qeb
壓	*qreːb
靨	*qeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qem, *qems, *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 女 (“female”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiem

Rime
Character	嬮
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	一鹽切
Baxter	'jiem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiam/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛm/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬮
Reading #	1/3
No.	14419
Phonetic component	猒
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	懕
Old Chinese	/*qem/

Definitions

嬮

1. fine; good
2. calm; tranquil

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim³
    • Yale: yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiemH

Rime
Character	嬮
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於豔切
Baxter	'jiemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiamH/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛmH/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qems/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬮
Reading #	2/3
No.	14429
Phonetic component	猒
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	厭
Old Chinese	/*qems/

Definitions

嬮

1. Only used in 嬮嬱／𰋽嬱 (“beauty”).

References

• “嬮”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

嬮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、えふ (efu)
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)