淹

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淹 U+6DF9, 淹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF9
← 淸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淺 →
淹 U+2F90E, 淹
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90E
← 𣻑
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 潮 →

Translingual

Han character

淹 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水大中山 (EKLU), four-corner 34116, composition ⿰氵奄)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17696
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1038, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1644, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6DF9

Chinese

trad. 淹
simp. # 淹
alternative forms 淊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
庵 *qoːm, *qoːb
鵪 *qoːm
菴 *qoːm, *qrom
馣 *qoːm
晻 *qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵 *qoːmʔ
黤 *qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯 *qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹 *qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹 *qrom, *qromʔ
崦 *qrom
醃 *qrom, *qom
掩 *qromʔ
奄 *qromʔ
罨 *qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺 *qromʔ, *qoms
俺 *qromʔ, *qoms
腌 *qom, *qrob, *qob
殗 *qob
餣 *qob

Pronunciation

Note:
  • im - vernacular;
  • iam - literary.
    Rime
    Character 淹 淹
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 鹽 (154) 嚴 (145)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 央炎切 於劔切
    Baxter 'jem 'jaemH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʔˠiᴇm/ /ʔɨɐmH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʔᵚiɛm/ /ʔiɐmH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʔiæm/ /ʔiɐmH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʔjiam/ /ʔɨamH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʔjɛm/ /ʔiɐmH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ĭɛm/ /ĭɐmH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʔi̯ɛm/ /ʔi̯ɐmH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yān yàn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jim1 jim3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 淹
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yān
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ʔjem ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔ(r)om/
    English submerge, soak

    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 淹 淹 淹 淹
    Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
    No. 14336 14338 14352 14354
    Phonetic
    component         		奄 奄 奄 奄
    Rime
    group         		談 談 談 談
    Rime
    subdivision         		3 3 3 3
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		𤟟 淹 醃
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qroːm/ /*qrom/ /*qom/ /*qoms/
    Notes 手冊作淊今字 原列梵韻依王韻改釅

    Definitions

    淹

    1. to soak; to flood; to drown; to submerge
    2. (of skin) to be tingling from sweat
    3. (literary) wide; deep; thorough
    4. (literary) to stay; to stop over; to be detained
    5. (literary) to delay; to take a long time
    6. (literary) slow; sluggish

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    淹

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. dip
    2. soak
    3. immerse
    4. stop
    5. linger

    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    淹 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    淹: Hán Nôm readings: yêm, êm, im, ươm

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