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肙

肙

Translingual

Han character

肙 (radical 130 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口月 (RB), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱口月)

References

  • KangXi: page 974, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29269
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2045, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8099

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 肙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
絹 *kʷens
狷 *kʷens, *kʷeːns
蜎 *ɡʷenʔ, *qʷen, *qʷeːn
弲 *qʰʷen, *qʷeːn
娟 *qʷen
悁 *qʷen
捐 *ɢʷen
涓 *kʷeːn
鵑 *kʷeːn
睊 *kʷeːn, *kʷeːns
焆 *kʷeːn, *qred, *qʷeːd
鞙 *kʷeːn, *ɡʷeːnʔ
埍 *kʷeːnʔ, *ɡʷeːnʔ
罥 *kʷeːnʔ, *kʷeːns
羂 *kʷleːnʔ
瓹 *kʷeːns
梋 *qʰʷeːn
鋗 *qʰʷeːn
駽 *qʰʷeːn, *qʰʷeːns
琄 *ɡʷeːnʔ
剈 *qʷeːn
肙 *qʷeːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 肙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 烏縣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔwenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔuɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔwɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔuenH/
Wang
Li		 /iwenH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔiwenH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yuàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 肙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yuān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔwen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʷˤen/
English small worm (Shuōwén)

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 肙
Reading # 1/1
No. 16091
Phonetic
component		 肙
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 䬼
Old
Chinese		 /*qʷeːns/
Notes 說文口聲非，王筠謂此蜎之古文

Definitions

肙

  1. small worm
  2. to twist
  3. to surround
  4. empty

Japanese

Kanji

肙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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