楌

楌 U+694C, 楌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-694C ← 楋 [U+694B] CJK Unified Ideographs 楍 → [U+694D]

Translingual

Han character

楌 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹竹 (DYHH) or 木卜大竹 (DYKH), four-corner 4092₂, composition ⿰木彦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15115
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1254, character 14
• Unihan data for U+694C

Chinese

trad.		楌
simp. #		楌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
喭	*ŋaːns, *ŋrans
鏟	*sŋ̊ʰreːnʔ, *sŋ̊ʰraːns
産	*sŋreːnʔ
簅	*sreːnʔ
摌	*sreːnʔ
嵼	*sŋreːnʔ
滻	*sŋreːnʔ
顏	*ŋraːn
楌	*ŋraːn
偐	*ŋraːns
齴	*ŋranʔ
遃	*ŋranʔ
嵃	*ŋranʔ
彦	*ŋrans
諺	*ŋrans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ / aan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴ / aan⁴
    • Yale: ngàahn / àahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ / aan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ / an⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹/, /aːn²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngaen

Rime
Character	楌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五姦切
Baxter	ngaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋan/
Wang Li	/ŋan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楌
Reading #	1/1
No.	14406
Phonetic component	彦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	顏
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːn/

Definitions

楌

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 130