婬

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See also: 淫

婬	U+5A6C, 婬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A6C

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

婬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女月竹土 (VBHG), four-corner 4241₄, composition ⿰女㸒)

obscene, licentious, lewd

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6440
Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1060, character 8
Unihan data for U+5A6C

Chinese

trad.		婬
simp.		淫^*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (淫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
淫	*lɯm
霪	*lɯm
婬	*lɯm

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yín (yin²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yín
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yín
  - Wade–Giles: yin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jam⁴
  - Yale: yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/

Middle Chinese: yim

Rime
Character	婬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘針切
Baxter	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/
Li Rong	/iəm/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婬
Reading #	1/1
No.	15293
Phonetic component	淫
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	淫
Old Chinese	/*lɯm/

Definitions

婬

(alt. form 淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; pornographic
(alt. form 淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
(alt. form 淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for

Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 婬

婬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): いん (in)
Kun: たわける (tawakeru)、みだり (midari)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
婬
いん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 婬 – see the following entry.

【淫いん】S

lewd; licentious; obscene; indecent

excessive; go too far

(literary) lewdness; licentiousness; Also used as a nari-adjective: lewd; obscene; licentious

(literary) lust; sexual desire

(literary) semen

(This term, 婬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

婬 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

婬: Hán Nôm readings: dâm

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