宴

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宴 U+5BB4, 宴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB4
← 害
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宵 →

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order
10 strokes

宴 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十日女 (JAV), four-corner 30404, composition ⿱宀妟)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7166
  • Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5BB4

Chinese

trad. 宴
simp. # 宴
alternative forms 讌／宴
醼／宴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堰 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽 *qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘 *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃 *qanʔ
郾 *qanʔ, *qans
鶠 *qanʔ
褗 *qanʔ, *qans
匽 *qanʔ
鼴 *qanʔ
鰋 *qanʔ
揠 *qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 ().

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 宴 宴
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 於殄切 於甸切
Baxter 'enX 'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔɛnX/ /ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɛnX/ /ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Wang
Li 		/ienX/ /ienH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔienX/ /ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin2 jin3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔenH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔˁe-s/
English feast (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宴 宴
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14380 14383
Phonetic
component 		妟 妟
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		蝘 宴
Old
Chinese 		/*qeːnʔ/ /*qeːns/

Definitions

宴

  1. (literary) comfortable; peaceful; happy
  2. banquet; feast
  3. to host a banquet; to entertain

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宴):
  • → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)
  • → Vietnamese: yến (宴)

References

Japanese

Kanji

宴

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宴
うたげ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alteration of 打ち上げ (uchiage, “finishing of a performance, banquet at the finishing of a performance”).

Pronunciation

Noun

宴(うたげ) • (utage) 

  1. party, banquet, feast

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宴
えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 宴 (ʔenH, “banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

宴(えん) • (en) 

  1. party, banquet, feast

Affix

宴(えん) • (en) 

  1. party, banquet, feast

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

宴 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宴: Hán Nôm readings: yến

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