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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
演 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十一金 (EJMC) or 難水十一金 (XEJMC), four-corner 33186, composition ⿰氵寅)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18130
- Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1730, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6F14
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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寅
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*lil, *lin
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蔩
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*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
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鏔
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*lil, *li
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演
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*lenʔ
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縯
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*lenʔ, *linʔ
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戭
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*lenʔ, *linʔ
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夤
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*lin
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螾
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*lin, *linʔ
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濥
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*linʔ, *lins
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瞚
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*hljuns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lenʔ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): yǎn (yan3)
- (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan3
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yàn
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yěn
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ян (i͡an, II)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin2 / jin5
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): jin2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen2
- Gan (Wiktionary): ien3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân
- (Meixian, Guangdong): yan3
- Jin (Wiktionary): ie2
- Northern Min (KCR): ěng
- Eastern Min (BUC): iēng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng3
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): ián / én
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ing5 / êng5 / iang5
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yieng2
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5i / 3ie / 3ien
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn3
Note:
- ing5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- êng5 - Jieyang.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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演
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yenX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-q(r)anʔ/
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English
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flow out, extend
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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演
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15277
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Phonetic component
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寅
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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演
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Old Chinese
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/*lenʔ/
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Definitions
演
- to develop; to evolve
- 演變/演变 ― yǎnbiàn ― to develop
- 演化 ― yǎnhuà ― to evolve
- to deduce
- 推演 ― tuīyǎn ― deduce
- 演算 ― yǎnsuàn ― to perform mathematical calculations
- to perform; to act; to put on
- 表演 ― biǎoyǎn ― to perform
- 演員/演员 ― yǎnyuán ― performer
- to drill; to practice; to exercise
- 演練/演练 ― yǎnliàn ― to drill
- 演習/演习 ― yǎnxí ― to do field practice
- a surname: Yan
Synonyms
- 上演 (shàngyǎn)
- 上臺 / 上台 (shàngtái)
- 串 (literary, or in compounds)
- 做戲 / 做戏 (zuòxì)
- 出演 (chūyǎn)
- 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
- 扮戲 / 扮戏 (bànxì)
- 搬戲 / 搬戏 (Hokkien)
- 操 (literary, or in compounds)
- 演出 (yǎnchū)
- 演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
- 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
- 演戲 / 演戏 (yǎnxì)
- 登臺 / 登台 (dēngtái)
- 耍 (shuǎ)
- 表演 (biǎoyǎn)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
演
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- do, perform
- act, play
- render
- stage
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 演 (MC yenX).
Pronunciation
Affix
演 • (en)
- develop; evolve
- practice; exercise
- perform; act; play
- speech; lecture; address
Derived terms
(Compounds):
Korean
Hanja
演 (eumhun 펼 연 (pyeol yeon))
- hanja form? of 연 (“performance”)
Vietnamese
Han character
演: Hán Nôm readings: diễn, dăn, dạn, giỡn, rởn, dán, dợn, gián
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