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U+56A5, 嚥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口廿中火 (RTLF), four-corner 64031, composition )

  1. swallow, gulp

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 44
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 701, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+56A5

Chinese

trad. /*
simp. *

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qeːns) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *qeːn, *qeːns).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter 'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong
/ʔenH/
Wang
Li
/ienH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to swallow

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. swallow, gulp

Readings

  • Go-on: えん (en)
  • Kan-on: えん (en)
  • Kun: のむ (nomu, 嚥む)のど (nodo, )

Korean

Hanja

(yeon) (hangeul , revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yết, en, ẻn

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