蔩

蔩 U+8529, 蔩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8529 ← 蔨 [U+8528] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔪 → [U+852A]

Translingual

Han character

蔩 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿十一金 (TJMC), four-corner 4480₆, composition ⿱艹寅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3284, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8529

Chinese

trad.		蔩
simp. #		蔩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寅	*lil, *lin
蔩	*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔	*lil, *li
演	*lenʔ
縯	*lenʔ, *linʔ
戭	*lenʔ, *linʔ
夤	*lin
螾	*lin, *linʔ
濥	*linʔ, *lins
瞚	*hljuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yij, yin, yenX

Rime
Character	蔩	蔩	蔩
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (43)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	以脂切	翼眞切	以淺切
Baxter	yij	yin	yenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪ/	/jiɪn/	/jiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ji/	/jin/	/jiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/jɪ/	/jen/	/jænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ji/	/jin/	/jianX/
Li Rong	/i/	/iĕn/	/iɛnX/
Wang Li	/ji/	/jĭĕn/	/jĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i/	/i̯ĕn/	/i̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	yín	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	jan4	jin5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lil/, /*lenʔ/, /*lin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔩	蔩	蔩
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15274	15279	15283
Phonetic component	寅	寅	寅
Rime group	脂	元	眞
Rime subdivision	1	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	姨	演	寅
Old Chinese	/*lil/	/*lenʔ/	/*lin/

Definitions

蔩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of melon