衍

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衍 U+884D, 衍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-884D
← 行
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衎 →

Translingual

Han character

衍 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人水一弓 (HOEMN), four-corner 21103, composition ⿴行氵 or ⿲彳氵亍)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1108, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34033
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 820, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+884D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 衍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 衍
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (衍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
愆 *kʰran
衍 *lanʔ, *lans

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 行 (“path; way; to go; to move”) + 水 (“water”).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 衍 衍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 以淺切 于線切
Baxter yenX yenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇnX/ /jiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛnX/ /jiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jænX/ /jænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jianX/ /jianH/
Li
Rong 		/iɛnX/ /iɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛnX/ /jĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛnX/ /i̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin5 jin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 衍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*N-q(r)anʔ/
English overflow

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 衍 衍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14376 14377
Phonetic
component 		衍 衍
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		演
Old
Chinese 		/*lanʔ/ /*lans/

Definitions

衍

  1. to overflow; to spill over
  2. to spread out; to extend; to develop
  3. superfluous; unnecessary
  4. characters mistakenly added during the copying of a text
  5. (obsolete) lowland; flatland
  6. (obsolete) marsh; bog
  7. (obsolete) mountain slope; hillside
  8. (obsolete) bamboo basket
  9. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

衍

  1. (obsolete) to bring in; to invite; to introduce
  2. (Buddhism) yana; vehicle

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

衍

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. overflow; spill over
  2. derive; spread out

Readings

Compounds

References

Korean

Hanja

衍 (eum 연 (yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

衍: Hán Nôm readings: khiên, diễn, giàn, nhản, nhiễn, nhăn

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