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蜿蜒

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Chinese

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to move (as snake)
trad. (蜿蜒)
simp. #(蜿蜒)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (66) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jwon yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉɐn/ /jiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷiɐn/ /jiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuɐn/ /jæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuan/ /jian/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuɐn/ /iɛn/
Wang
Li
/ĭwɐn/ /jĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯wɐn/ /i̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuān yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun1 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3 1/1
No. 16285 14258
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qon/ /*lan/

Verb

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蜿蜒

  1. to wriggle
  2. to wind; to zigzag; to meander

Synonyms

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  • (to wriggle): 宛延 (wǎnyán)
  • (to wind): 宛延 (wǎnyán)

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (蜿蜒):
  • Japanese: 蜿蜒(えんえん) (en'en)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
えん
Hyōgai
えん
Hyōgai
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spellings
宛延
婉延

Etymology

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/weɴeɴ//eɴeɴ/

From Middle Chinese 蜿蜒 (MC 'jwon yen, literally “wriggle, wind + stretch for a long distance”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wānyán.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(えん)(えん) (en'enゑんえん (wen'en)?-tari (adnominal (えん)(えん)とした (en'en to shita) or (えん)(えん)たる (en'en taru), adverbial (えん)(えん) (en'en to) or (えん)(えん)として (en'en to shite))

  1. meandering, winding
    • 1905: 韓國誌 (Kankoku-shi, “Korea Chronicle”), 農商務省 (Nōshōmushō, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce) (in Japanese), Tōkyō (text here):
      (この)(むら)ヨリ(かわ)(たに)()()()(じゅう)(ちょう)(あいだ)(えん)(えん)タル(きょう)()(かたち)ツクリ…
      …kono mura yori kawa no tani wa go ri nijū chō no aida en'en taru kyōchi o katachi tsukuri…
      ...from this village, the river valley takes the form of a meandering gorge for a distance of five li and twenty chō [approx. 22km]...

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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蜿蜒 (wanyeon) (hangeul 완연)

  1. hanja form? of 완연