癮

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See also: 瘾
癮 U+766E, 癮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-766E
← 癭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 癯 →

Translingual

Han character

癮 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 大弓中心 (KNLP), four-corner 00136, composition ⿸疒隱)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22631
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2703, character 22
  • Unihan data for U+766E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (隱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
隱 *qɯnʔ, *qɯns
櫽 *qɯnʔ
嶾 *qɯnʔ
癮 *qɯn
懚 *qɯns
檼 *qɯns
穩 *qʷɯːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯn) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 隱 (OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns).

Etymology 1

trad. 癮
simp. 瘾

Pronunciation

Note:
  • eng2 - Chaozhou;
  • ing2 - Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Raoping;
  • êng2 - Jieyang.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 癮
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15317
    Phonetic
    component         		隱
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		隱
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qɯn/
    Notes 原無阝旁，此爲集韻異體

    Definitions

    癮

    1. addiction; craving (Classifier: 鋪／铺 c)
    2. (dialectal) to like (doing something)
    3. (dialectal) to crave; to be addicted to

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    trad. 癮
    simp. 瘾
    alternative forms 唁
    孍／𱙔
    憖／慭

    Pronunciation

    Note:
    • ngiêng3 - Chaozhou;
    • ngiang3 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Raoping.

      Definitions

      癮

      1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) addiction; craving
      2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to like (doing something)
      3. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to crave; to be addicted to
      4. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to have a tendency to; to easily do something
      5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) stupid; foolish
      6. (Taiwanese Hokkien, often in the negative) willing
      7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) skinny; lean

      References

      Japanese

      Kanji

      癮

      (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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      Readings

      Korean

      Hanja

      癮 (eum 은 (eun))

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      Vietnamese

      Han character

      癮: Hán Nôm readings: ẩn

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