掞

掞 U+639E, 掞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-639E ← 掝 [U+639D] CJK Unified Ideographs 掟 → [U+639F]

Translingual

Han character

掞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手火火 (QFF), four-corner 5908₉, composition ⿰扌炎)

1. easy, smooth
2. quiet
3. suave

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12270
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1906, character 6
• Unihan data for U+639E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
倓	*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljams): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

Etymology 1

trad.		掞
simp. #		掞
alternative forms		𢴵 㨛／𰓔

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn, yàn (shan⁴, yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ, ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: sim³
    • Yale: sim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: syemH

Rime
Character	掞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒贍切
Baxter	syemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掞
Reading #	1/1
No.	14314
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	閃
Old Chinese	/*hljams/

Definitions

掞

1. (Classical) to express with (especially words); (of words) to exaggerate with; to embellish; (of a quality) to project, radiate
2. (Classical) to use up, exhaust; to reach the utmost

Compounds

• 彫掞 / 雕掞
• 掞張 / 掞张
• 掞藻
• 掞邁 / 掞迈
• 摛掞
• 撢掞

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

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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/

Definitions

掞

1. (Classical) to shine; brilliant, splendid

Compounds

• 掞天
• 掞蔚
• 掞麗 / 掞丽

See also

• 豔／艳 (yàn)

Etymology 2

trad.		掞
simp. #		掞

For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 贍 (“rich; sufficient”). (This character is an obsolete form of 贍).

Etymology 3

trad.		掞
simp. #		掞

For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 剡 (“sharp; to sharpen”). (This character is an obsolete form of 剡).

Etymology 4

trad.		掞
simp. #		掞

For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 㨛 (“swiftly, speedily”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 㨛).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “掞”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01311

Japanese

Kanji

掞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、せん (sen)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 掞べる)