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筵

筵

Translingual

Han character

筵 (radical 118 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓大一 (HNKM) or 竹弓大女 (HNKV), four-corner 88401)

  1. bamboo mat
  2. feast, banquet

References

  • KangXi: page 886, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26080
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2967, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7B75

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 筵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唌 *l'aːn
誕 *l'aːnʔ
蜑 *l'aːnʔ
蛋 *l'aːns
硟 *slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎 *ljan, *lans
脠 *l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴 *l̥ʰan
鋋 *ɦljan, *lan
埏 *hljan, *lan
挻 *hljan
鯅 *hljan
延 *lan, *lans
筵 *lan
蜒 *lan
狿 *lan, *lans
郔 *lan
綖 *lan
莚 *lan, *lans

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 筵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以然切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jian/
Li
Rong		 /iɛn/
Wang
Li		 /jĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yán
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 筵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*la[n]/
English bamboo mat

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 筵
Reading # 1/1
No. 14257
Phonetic
component		 延
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 延
Old
Chinese		 /*lan/

Definitions

筵

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Compounds

  • 几筵
  • 別筵／别筵
  • 喜筵
  • 巹筵
  • 暖房筵
  • 歌筵
  • 法筵
  • 淨筵／净筵
  • 玳瑁筵
  • 瓊筵／琼筵
  • 瓜果筵
  • 盛筵
  • 盛筵必散
  • 盛筵易散
  • 盛筵難再／盛筵难再
  • 筵宴 (yányàn)
  • 筵席 (yánxí)
  • 筵席稅／筵席税
  • 筵會／筵会 (yánhuì)
  • 素筵
  • 經筵／经筵
  • 經筵講官／经筵讲官
  • 設席張筵／设席张筵
  • 賓之初筵／宾之初筵
  • 酒筵 (jiǔyán)
  • 開筵／开筵
  • 香筵

Japanese

Kanji

筵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

筵 (diên)

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