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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水弓大一 (ENKM) or 水弓大女 (ENKV), four-corner 32141, composition)

  1. saliva

References

  • KangXi: page 626, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17536
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1029, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1610, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6D8E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l'aːn
*l'aːnʔ
*l'aːnʔ
*l'aːns
*slan, *l̥ʰjans
*ljan, *lans
*l̥ʰan, *hljan
*l̥ʰan
*ɦljan, *lan
*hljan, *lan
*hljan
*hljan
*lan, *lans
*lan
*lan
*lan, *lans
*lan
*lan
*lan, *lans

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (17) (36)
Final () (77) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziᴇn/ /jiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziɛn/ /jiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/zjæn/ /jænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zian/ /jianH/
Li
Rong
/ziɛn/ /iɛnH/
Wang
Li
/zĭɛn/ /jĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯ɛn/ /i̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xián yàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14247 14268
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ljan/ /*lans/

Definitions

  1. saliva

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeon) (hangeul , revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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