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U+3AC3, 㫃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3AC3

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • 𭤨 (when used as a component)

Han character

(Kangxi radical 70, +2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人 (YSO), composition )

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Ancient script Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) – a flag.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (65) (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jonX 'jenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨɐnX/ /ʔˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔiænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨanX/ /ʔianX/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔjɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ĭɐnX/ /ĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/ /ʔi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin2 jin2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjonX ›
Old
Chinese
/*qarʔ/
English fluttering streamer

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.

Definitions

  1. appearance of flags flying

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“used in personal names”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

References