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焉
焉
Translingual
Han character
焉 (radical 86 火+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一卜中火 (MYLF), four-corner 10327)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 672, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19076
- Dae Jaweon: page 1081, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2206, character 14
- Unihan data for U+7109
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
焉 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (焉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嘕 | *qʰran |
| 嫣 | *qʰran, *qran, *qranʔ, *qans |
| 焉 | *qran, *ɢan, *qan |
| 鄢 | *qran, *qanʔ, *qans |
| 蔫 | *qran, *qan |
| 漹 | *ɢan, *qans |
| 傿 | *qans |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
- Wade-Giles: yen1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jin1, jin4
- Yale: yīn, yìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin1, jin4
- IPA (key): /jiːn⁵⁵/, /jiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 焉 | 焉 | 焉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) | 仙 (79) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 謁言切 | 於乾切 | 有乾切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔɨɐn/ | /ʔˠiᴇn/ | /ɦˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔiɐn/ | /ʔᵚiɛn/ | /ɦᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiɐn/ | /ʔiæn/ | /ɣiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔɨan/ | /ʔian/ | /ɦian/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiɐn/ | /ʔjɛn/ | /ɣjɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɐn/ | /ĭɛn/ | /ɣĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔɨ̯ɐn/ | /ʔi̯ɛn/ | /i̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yān | yān | yán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 焉 | 焉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yān | yān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjen › | ‹ hjen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔa[n]/ | /*[ʔ]a[n]/ (atonic) |
| English | how | (3p locative pronoun) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 焉 | 焉 | 焉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 14227 | 14232 | 14235 |
| Phonetic component |
焉 | 焉 | 焉 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
焉 | 漹 | 蔫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qran/ | /*ɢan/ | /*qan/ |
Definitions
焉
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Compounds
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
- (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
Japanese
Kanji
焉
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