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諺
諺
See also: 谚
Translingual
Han character
諺 (radical 149 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜竹竹 (YRYHH) or 卜口卜大竹 (YRYKH), four-corner 00622, composition ⿰言彦)
References
- KangXi: page 1172, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35747
- Dae Jaweon: page 1637, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4001, character 2
- Unihan data for U+8AFA
Chinese
| trad. | 諺 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 谚 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (彦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 喭 | *ŋaːns, *ŋrans |
| 鏟 | *sŋ̥ʰreːnʔ, *sŋ̥ʰraːns |
| 産 | *sŋreːnʔ |
| 簅 | *sreːnʔ |
| 摌 | *sreːnʔ |
| 嵼 | *sŋreːnʔ |
| 滻 | *sŋreːnʔ |
| 顏 | *ŋraːn |
| 楌 | *ŋraːn |
| 偐 | *ŋraːns |
| 齴 | *ŋranʔ |
| 遃 | *ŋranʔ |
| 嵃 | *ŋranʔ |
| 彦 | *ŋrans |
| 諺 | *ŋrans |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: yen4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jin6
- Yale: yihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin6
- IPA (key): /jiːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giān
- Tâi-lô: giān
- Phofsit Daibuun: gien
- IPA (Quanzhou): /giɛn⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /giɛn²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gān
- Tâi-lô: gān
- Phofsit Daibuun: gan
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gan⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /gan³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /gan³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /gan²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /gan²²/
- Note: giān - literary; gān - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 諺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 魚變切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋˠiᴇnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋᵚiɛnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋiænH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋianH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋjɛnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋĭɛnH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋi̯ɛnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yàn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 諺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14413 |
| Phonetic component |
彦 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
彥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋrans/ |
Definitions
諺
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
諺
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 諺 |
|
ことわざ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
諺 (hiragana ことわざ, romaji kotowaza)
References
Korean
Hanja
諺 • (eon, an) (hangeul 언, 안, revised eon, an, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, an, Yale en, an)
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Vietnamese
Han character
諺 (ngạn)
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