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偃

偃

偃 U+5043, 偃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5043
← 偂
[U+5042] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偄 →
[U+5044]

Translingual

Han character

偃 (radical 9 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人尸日女 (OSAV), four-corner 21214, composition ⿰亻匽)

  1. cease, lay off, lay down

References

  • KangXi: page 109, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 830
  • Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 187, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5043

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 偃

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偃
Large seal script Small seal script
Large seal script

L34792

L16398

L16399

L16400

L16401

L16402

L16403
Small seal script

s05871
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堰 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽 *qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘 *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃 *qanʔ
郾 *qanʔ, *qans
鶠 *qanʔ
褗 *qanʔ, *qans
匽 *qanʔ
鼴 *qanʔ
鰋 *qanʔ
揠 *qreːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 偃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (65)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於幰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɨanX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɐnX/
Wang
Li		 /ĭɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔɨ̯ɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偃 偃
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǎn yǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjonX › ‹ ʔjonX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔa[n]ʔ/ /*ʔa[n]ʔ/
English bend down Yǎn (ancient state in Shāndōng)

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 偃
Reading # 1/1
No. 14384
Phonetic
component		 妟
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 偃
Old
Chinese		 /*qanʔ/

Definitions

偃

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Compounds

  • 修文偃武
  • 偃仆
  • 偃仰
  • 偃佒
  • 偃兵息甲
  • 偃師縣／偃师县
  • 偃旗息鼓
  • 偃旗臥鼓／偃旗卧鼓
  • 偃月 (yǎnyuè)
  • 偃松
  • 偃武修文
  • 偃武興文／偃武兴文
  • 偃波書／偃波书
  • 偃臥／偃卧
  • 偃草
  • 偃衍
  • 偃蹇
  • 偃蹇困窮／偃蹇困穷
  • 偃鼠
  • 偃鼠飲河／偃鼠饮河
  • 側偃／侧偃
  • 前合後偃／前合后偃
  • 徐偃王
  • 息偃
  • 文修武偃
  • 文偃
  • 日角偃月
  • 武偃文修
  • 狐偃
  • 臥鼓偃旗／卧鼓偃旗
  • 與世偃仰／与世偃仰
  • 草偃
  • 草偃風從／草偃风从
  • 草偃風行／草偃风行
  • 言偃
  • 起偃為豎／起偃为竖
  • 韜戈偃武／韬戈偃武
  • 風行草偃／风行草偃
  • 鼻偃齒露／鼻偃齿露

Japanese

Kanji

偃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

偃 • ‎(eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune-Reischauer ŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

偃 (ễnh)

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