巘

巘 U+5DD8, 巘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD8 ← 巗 [U+5DD7] CJK Unified Ideographs 巙 → [U+5DD9]

Translingual

Han character

巘 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山卜月大 (UYBK), four-corner 2373₄, composition ⿰山獻)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8651
• Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 809, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5DD8

Chinese

trad.		巘
simp.		𪩘
alternative forms		巚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
獻	*sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad
甗	*ŋan, *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans
巘	*ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ
讞	*ŋranʔ, *ŋrans, *ŋrad
鬳	*ŋans
瓛	*ɦŋʷaːn
囐	*sɡaːd
齾	*ŋaːd, *ŋraːd
钀	*ŋrad, *ŋad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 獻 (OC *sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁵

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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: jin⁵
    • Yale: yíhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjonX, ngjenX

Rime
Character	巘	巘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語偃切	魚蹇切
Baxter	ngjonX	ngjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐnX/	/ŋˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐnX/	/ŋᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɐnX/	/ŋiænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨanX/	/ŋianX/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐnX/	/ŋjɛnX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐnX/	/ŋĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɨ̯ɐnX/	/ŋi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin5	jin5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋranʔ/, /*ŋanʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巘	巘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎn	yǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjenX ›	‹ ngjonX ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/	/*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/
English	hill; hilltop	hill; hilltop
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	巘	巘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14454	14460
Phonetic component	鬳	鬳
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	齴	𧥜
Old Chinese	/*ŋranʔ/	/*ŋanʔ/

Definitions

巘

1. (literary) lower peak of a mountain; mountain appearing stacked or overlapping

   See also: 甗

2. (literary) mountain peak; hilltop

Compounds

• 巘巘／𪩘𪩘
• 疊巘／叠𪩘

 

References

• “巘”, 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

巘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げん (gen)、ごん (gon)、けん (ken)
• Kun: みね (mine, 巘)

Korean

Hanja

巘 (eumhun 봉우리 헌 (bong'uri heon))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 巘