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魘
魘
See also: 魇
Translingual
Han character
魘 (radical 194 鬼+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一大竹戈 (MKHI), four-corner 71213, composition ⿸厭鬼)
References
- KangXi: page 1463, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45941
- Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4438, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9B58
Chinese
| trad. | 魘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 魇 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (猒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 猒 | *qem, *qems |
| 懕 | *qem |
| 饜 | *qem, *qems |
| 嬮 | *qem, *qems, *qeb |
| 厭 | *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb |
| 黶 | *qemʔ |
| 檿 | *qemʔ |
| 魘 | *qemʔ, *qeb |
| 厴 | *qemʔ |
| 擪 | *qemʔ, *qeb |
| 壓 | *qreːb |
| 靨 | *qeb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qemʔ, *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 鬼 (“devil”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: yen3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jim2, jip3
- Yale: yím, yip
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim2, jip8
- IPA (key): /jiːm³⁵/, /jiːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 魘 | 魘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) | 葉 (155) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於琰切 | 於葉切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔiᴇmX/ | /ʔiᴇp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔiɛmX/ | /ʔiɛp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔjæmX/ | /ʔjæp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔiamX/ | /ʔiap̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiɛmX/ | /ʔiɛp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ĭɛmX/ | /ĭɛp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔi̯ɛmX/ | /ʔi̯ɛp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǎn | ye |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 魘 | 魘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14423 | 14433 |
| Phonetic component |
猒 | 猒 |
| Rime group |
談 | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
黶 | 魘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qemʔ/ | /*qeb/ |
Definitions
魘
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
魘
- To have a nightmare
- To make a noise during a nightmare
Readings
Korean
Hanja
魘 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune-Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
魘 (yểm)
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