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Translingual

Han character

(radical 169 +8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 77716)

  1. castrate
  2. eunuch

References

  • KangXi: page 1337, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4303, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+95B9

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qoːm, *qoːb
*qoːm
*qoːm, *qrom
*qoːm
*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
*qoːmʔ
*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
*qrom, *qromʔ
*qrom
*qrom, *qom
*qromʔ
*qromʔ
*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
*qromʔ, *qoms
*qromʔ, *qoms
*qom, *qrob, *qob
*qob
*qob

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (154) (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠiᴇm/ /ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚiɛm/ /ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiæm/ /ʔiæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔjiam/ /ʔjiamX/
Li
Rong
/ʔjɛm/ /ʔjɛmX/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛm/ /ĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛm/ /ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yān yǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14339 14346
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qrom/ /*qromʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 閹宦阉宦 (yānhuàn)
  • 閹寺阉寺
  • 閹然阉然
  • 閹豎阉竖 (yānshù)
  • 閹雞阉鸡
  • 閹黨阉党

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(eom) (hangeul , revised eom, McCune-Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(yêm)

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