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靨

靨

See also: 靥

Translingual

Han character

靨 (radical 176 面+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一大一田中 (MKMWL), four-corner 71601)

References

  • KangXi: page 1384, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42698
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4402, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9768

Chinese

trad. 靨
simp. 靥

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 *qeb) : phonetic 厭 ‎(OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 面 ‎(“face”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 靨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於葉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li		 /ĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ye
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 靨
Reading # 1/1
No. 14432
Phonetic
component		 猒
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 魘
Old
Chinese		 /*qeb/

Noun

靨

  1. (archaic) dimple (of the face)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

靨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

靨 ‎(hiragana えくぼ, romaji ekubo)

  1. dimple
    痘痕 (あばた)も靨 (えくぼ)
    abata mo ekubo
    love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Alternative forms

Korean

Hanja

靨 • ‎(yeop) (hangeul 엽, revised yeop, McCune-Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

靨 (yếp, diệp)

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