艶

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See also: 艷
艶 U+8276, 艶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8276
← 艵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 艷 →

Translingual

Traditional 豔
Shinjitai 艶
Simplified 艳

Han character

艶 (Kangxi radical 139, 色+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿弓日山 (TTNAU), composition ⿰豊色)

Derived characters

Related characters

  • 豔 (Orthodox form of 艶)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1014, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30632
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1474, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3073, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8276

Usage notes

According to the Kangxi Dictionary (Yupian), 艶 is an unorthodox form (俗字 (súzì)) of 豔.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 艶 – see 豔 (“bright and gorgeous; gaudy; relating to love relationships; romantic; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 豔).

Japanese

Shinjitai

艶

Kyūjitai

艷

Kanji

艶

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 艷)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
艶
つや
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
艷 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tuya.

Pronunciation

Noun

艶(つや) • (tsuya) 

  1. gloss, lustre (UK)/luster (US)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
艶
あで
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
艷 (kyūjitai)

Shift from 貴 (ate).

Adjective

艶(あで) • (ade) -na (adnominal 艶(あで)な (ade na), adverbial 艶(あで)に (ade ni))

  1. beautiful, charming, elegant

Noun

艶(あで) • (ade) 

  1. beauty, charm, elegance
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
艶
えん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
艷 (kyūjitai)

/jiem/ → /jemʉ/ → /emʉ/ → /eɴ/

From Middle Chinese 豔 (MC yemH).

Pronunciation

Adjective

艶(えん) • (en) -na (adnominal 艶(えん)な (en na), adverbial 艶(えん)に (en ni))

  1. charming
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Inflection
Inflection of 艶
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 艶だろ えんだろ en daro
Continuative (連用形) 艶で えんで en de
Terminal (終止形) 艶だ えんだ en da
Attributive (連体形) 艶な えんな en na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 艶なら えんなら en nara
Imperative (命令形) 艶であれ えんであれ en de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 艶ではない
艶じゃない 		えんではない
えんじゃない 		en de wa nai
en ja nai
Informal past 艶だった えんだった en datta
Informal negative past 艶ではなかった
艶じゃなかった 		えんではなかった
えんじゃなかった 		en de wa nakatta
en ja nakatta
Formal 艶です えんです en desu
Formal negative 艶ではありません
艶じゃありません 		えんではありません
えんじゃありません 		en de wa arimasen
en ja arimasen
Formal past 艶でした えんでした en deshita
Formal negative past 艶ではありませんでした
艶じゃありませんでした 		えんではありませんでした
えんじゃありませんでした 		en de wa arimasen deshita
en ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 艶で えんで en de
Conditional 艶なら（ば） えんなら（ば） en nara (ba)
Provisional 艶だったら えんだったら en dattara
Volitional 艶だろう えんだろう en darō
Adverbial 艶に えんに en ni
Degree 艶さ えんさ ensa

Noun

艶(えん) • (en) 

  1. charm
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Affix

艶(えん) • (en) 

  1. charming, voluptuous
  2. love affair, romance
  3. gloss, luster
Derived terms
Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 염 (艷, yeom) (Orthodox form of 艶)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豔 (MC yemH). Recorded as Middle Korean 염〯 (yěm) (Yale: yem) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

艶 (eumhun 고울 염 (goul yeom))

  1. Hanja form? of 염 (“charming, voluptuous; love affair, romance; gloss, luster”).

Compounds

Compounds

Usage notes

Although not the orthodox form mandated by the "Table of hanja for personal names" and the National Institute of Korean Language, this variant form is far more common in actual usage than its orthodox counterpart.

Some Korean dictionaries include this form "艶" when glossing words containing this Hanja, instead of its orthodox form "艷."

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 30.

Vietnamese

Han character

艶: Hán Nôm readings: diễm

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