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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水中X中 (ELXL), four-corner 32100, composition𣶒)

  1. gulf, abyss, deep
  2. surge up, bubble up, gush forth

References

  • KangXi: page 632, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17692
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1035, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1681, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6DF5

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /yan⁵⁵/
Harbin /yan⁴⁴/
Tianjin /yan²¹/
Jinan /yã²¹³/
Qingdao /yã²¹³/
Zhengzhou /yan²⁴/
Xi'an /yã²¹/
Xining /yã⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /yan⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /yɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /yan⁵¹/
Wuhan /yɛn⁵⁵/
Chengdu /yan⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ian⁵⁵/
Kunming /iɛ̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /yen³¹/
Hefei /yĩ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ye¹¹/
Pingyao /ye̞¹³/
Hohhot /ye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /yø⁵³/
Suzhou /iø⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔyõ³³/
Wenzhou /j̠y³³/
Hui Shexian /ue³¹/
Tunxi /yɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /yẽ³³/
Xiangtan /yẽ³³/
Gan Nanchang /yɵn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ian⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ʒet̚¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jyn⁵³/
Nanning /yn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jyn⁵³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ian⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /yoŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /yiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /iaŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /in²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔwen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔwɛn/
Li
Rong
/ʔuen/
Wang
Li
/iwen/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yuān
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔwen ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]/
English abyss

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16099
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʷiːn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. abyss
  2. edge
  3. deep pool

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ふち
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

(hiragana ふち, romaji fuchi)

  1. abyss; deep pool

Korean

Hanja

(yeon) (hangeul , revised yeon, yun, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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