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閻
閻
See also: 阎
Translingual
Han character
閻 (radical 169 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓弓竹X (ANNHX), four-corner 77777, composition ⿵門臽)
References
- KangXi: page 1337, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41379
- Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4305, character 11
- Unihan data for U+95BB
Chinese
trad. | 閻 | |
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simp. | 阎 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 閻
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Large seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (臽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
萏 | *l'oːmʔ |
窞 | *l'oːmʔ |
惂 | *kʰloːmʔ |
輡 | *kʰloːmʔ |
錎 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
埳 | *kʰloːmʔ |
臽 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
淊 | *ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ |
欿 | *ɡloːmʔ |
蜭 | *ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms |
啗 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
鵮 | *ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms |
餡 | *ɡroːms |
陷 | *ɡroːms |
爓 | *ljom, *loms |
諂 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
讇 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
閻 | *lom |
焰 | *loms |
壛 | *lom |
櫩 | *lom |
燄 | *lomʔ |
掐 | *kʰroːb |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: yen2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jim4
- Yale: yìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim4
- IPA (key): /jiːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâm
- Tâi-lô: iâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: iaam
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iam²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm
- Tâi-lô: giâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: giaam
- IPA (Quanzhou): /giam²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /giam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /giam²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /giam¹³/
- Note: iâm - literary; giâm - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Rime | |
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Character | 閻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 余廉切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jiᴇm/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/jiɛm/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/jæm/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/jiam/ |
Li Rong |
/iɛm/ |
Wang Li |
/jĭɛm/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯ɛm/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yán |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 閻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yán |
Middle Chinese |
‹ yem › |
Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ][a]m/ |
English | gate over street or lane |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 閻 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 13564 |
Phonetic component |
臽 |
Rime group |
談 |
Rime subdivision |
3 |
Corresponding MC rime |
鹽 |
Old Chinese |
/*lom/ |
Definitions
閻
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Japanese
Kanji
閻
- village gate
- good-looking
- used as a phonetic sign for the transcription of Sanskrit
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
References
- 広辞苑 第六版 (Kōjien, 6th ed.)
- 漢字源 (Kanjigen)
- 学研漢和大字典 (Gakken Kanwa Daijiten)
Korean
Hanja
閻 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune-Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
閻 (diêm)
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