筵

Translingual

Han character

筵 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓大一 (HNKM) or 竹弓大女 (HNKV), four-corner 8840₁, composition ⿱𥫗延)

1. bamboo mat
2. feast, banquet

Derived characters

• 𢷩, 𱤨, 𮉌, 𫑎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 886, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26080
• Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7B75

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lan) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

Pronunciation

Definitions

筵

1. (obsolete or in compounds) banquet; feast

   盛筵  ―  shèngyán  ―  grand banquet

   喜筵  ―  xǐyán  ―  banquet for a happy event

2. (obsolete) bamboo mat

   • 或肆之筵，或授之几。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huò sì zhī yán, huò shòu zhī jī.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (obsolete) seat

   • 降筵，拜。賔荅拜。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE

     Jiàng yán, bài. Bīn dábài.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 退反位，揖賓就筵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     退反位，揖宾就筵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tuì fǎn wèi, yī bīn jiù yán.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Descendants

References

• “筵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: むしろ (mushiro, 筵)

Etymology 1

⟨musiro₂⟩ → */musiɾə/ → /musiɾo/ → /muɕiɾo/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.

Reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *mosirə.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むしろ​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

筵(むしろ) • (mushiro) 

1. a generic term for a woven mat made out of soft rush, bamboo, straw, or cattail
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakamurasaki)

     「過(よぎ)りおはしましけるよし、ただ今(いま)なむ、人申(ひとまを)すに、おどろきながら、さぶらべきを、なにがしこの寺(てら)に籠(こ)もりはべりとは、しろしめしながら、忍(しの)びさせたまへるを、憂(うれ)はしく思(おも)ひたまへてなむ。草(くさ)の御(み)むしろも、この坊(まち)にこそ設(まう)けはべるべけれ。いと本意(ほい)なきこと」と申(まを)したまへり。

     “Yogiriohashimashikeruyoshi, tadaimanamu, hitomaosuni, odorokinagara, saburabekio, nanigashikonoteranikomorihaberitoha, shiroshimeshinagara, shinobisasetamaheruo, urehashikuomohitamahetenamu. Kusanomimushiromo, konomachinikosomaukehaberubekere. Itohoinakikoto” tomaoshitamaheri.

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2. a seat; also used in public environments
3. a bed
4. (regional, Nagasaki, Kumamoto) a tatami mat

Etymology 2

From non-central dialects of Old Japanese that haven't undergone the vowel rising <*o → u> for some reason.

Noun

筵(もしろ) • (moshiro) 

1. (dialectal, Tōhoku, Ishikawa, Izumo) Nonstandard form of むしろ (mushiro) above

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 筵 (MC yen).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

筵(えん) • (en) 

1. a woven mat
2. a seat; also used in public environments

References

Korean

Hanja

筵 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

筵: Hán Nôm readings: diên

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