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閹
閹
See also: 阉
Translingual
Han character
閹 (radical 169 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 77716)
References
- KangXi: page 1337, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
- Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4303, character 9
- Unihan data for U+95B9
Chinese
| trad. | 閹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 阉 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 庵 | *qoːm, *qoːb |
| 鵪 | *qoːm |
| 菴 | *qoːm, *qrom |
| 馣 | *qoːm |
| 晻 | *qoːmʔ, *qromʔ |
| 唵 | *qoːmʔ |
| 黤 | *qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ |
| 埯 | *qaːmʔ, *qomʔ |
| 淹 | *qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms |
| 閹 | *qrom, *qromʔ |
| 崦 | *qrom |
| 醃 | *qrom, *qom |
| 掩 | *qromʔ |
| 奄 | *qromʔ |
| 罨 | *qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob |
| 裺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 俺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 腌 | *qom, *qrob, *qob |
| 殗 | *qob |
| 餣 | *qob |
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: jim1
- Yale: yīm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim1
- IPA (key): /jiːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
- Hakka Romanization System: iam´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yam1
- IPA: /i̯am²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam´
- Hagfa Pinyim: yam1
- IPA: /(j)i̯am²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam
- Tâi-lô: iam
- Phofsit Daibuun: iafm
- IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 閹 | 閹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 央炎切 | 衣儉切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠiᴇm/ | /ʔˠiᴇmX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚiɛm/ | /ʔᵚiɛmX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔiæm/ | /ʔiæmX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjiam/ | /ʔjiamX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔjɛm/ | /ʔjɛmX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛm/ | /ĭɛmX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛm/ | /ʔi̯ɛmX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yān | yǎn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 閹 | 閹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14339 | 14346 |
| Phonetic component |
奄 | 奄 |
| Rime group |
談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
淹 | 奄 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrom/ | /*qromʔ/ |
Definitions
閹
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
閹
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
閹 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune-Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)
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Vietnamese
Han character
閹 (yêm)
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