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演

演

See also: 縯

Translingual

Han character

演 (radical 85 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十一金 (EJMC) or X水十一金 (XEJMC), four-corner 33186, composition ⿰氵寅)

References

  • KangXi: page 645, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1730, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6F14

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 演

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lenʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 寅 ‎(OC *lil, *lin).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 演
Mandarin Beijing /ian²¹⁴/
Harbin /ian²¹³/
Tianjin /ian¹³/
Jinan /iã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /iã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ian⁵³/
Xi'an /iã⁵³/
Xining /iã⁵³/
Yinchuan /ian⁵³/
Lanzhou /iɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ian⁵¹/
Wuhan /iɛn⁴²/
Chengdu /ian⁵³/
Guiyang /ian⁴²/
Kunming /iɛ̃⁵³/
Nanjing /ien²¹²/
Hefei /iĩ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /ie⁵³/
Pingyao /ie̞⁵³/
Hohhot /ie⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /i³⁵/
Suzhou /iɪ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /ʔiẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /ji³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ie³⁵/
Tunxi /iɛ³¹/
Xiang Changsha /iẽ⁴¹/
Xiangtan /iẽ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /iɛn²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /ian⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ʒen²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jin³⁵/
Nanning /jim³⁵/
Hong Kong /jin³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ian⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ieŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /eiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /iŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /zin³¹/
Rime
Character 演
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以淺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jianX/
Li
Rong		 /iɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /jĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 演
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-q(r)anʔ/
English flow out, extend

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 演
Reading # 1/1
No. 15277
Phonetic
component		 寅
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 演
Old
Chinese		 /*lenʔ/

Definitions

演

  1. to develop; to evolve
  2. to deduce
  3. to perform; to act; to put on
  4. to drill; to practice; to exercise

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

演

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. performance
  2. act
  3. play
  4. render
  5. stage

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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