Translingual

Han character

龑 (radical 212 龍+4, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一大 (YPMK), four-corner 0843₂, composition ⿱龍天)

1. Liu Yan's adopted personal name (889 - 942)

References

• KangXi: page 1537, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48827
• Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4804, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9F91

Chinese

Etymology

Liu Yan's original name was 劉巖. He changed 巖 to 龑, a character he invented. The character refers to a saying in the I Ching, 飛龍在天 ("the flying dragon in the sky").

Pronunciation

Proper noun

龑

1. The adopted personal name of Liu Yan (889–942).

References

• Hanyu Da Zidian (in Mandarin), Taiwan: Jianhong Publishers, 2007, ISBN 9578134789
• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. high and bright

Readings

• Goon: えん (en)
• Kan’on: げん (gen)

Usage notes

This kanji usage is extremely rare in Japanese. An example usage of this kanji is the use of the Chinese emperor name Liu Yan which can be read in Japanese as 劉龑 (りゅうげん (Ryū Gen)).

Vietnamese

Han character

龑 (nghiễm)

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