偃

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偃 U+5043, 偃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5043
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Translingual

Han character

偃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人尸日女 (OSAV), four-corner 21214, composition ⿰亻匽)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 830
  • Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 187, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5043

Chinese

trad. 偃
simp. # 偃
alternative forms 匽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
s05871
Transcribed ancient scripts
L34792
L16398
L16399
L16400
L16401
L16402
L16403
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堰 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽 *qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘 *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃 *qanʔ
郾 *qanʔ, *qans
鶠 *qanʔ
褗 *qanʔ, *qans
匽 *qanʔ
鼴 *qanʔ
鰋 *qanʔ
揠 *qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qanʔ): semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • iam2 - Chaozhou;
  • iang2 - Chenghai.
    Rime
    Character 偃
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 影 (34)
    Final (韻) 元 (65)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 於幰切
    Baxter 'jonX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʔɨɐnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʔiɐnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʔiɐnX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʔɨanX/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʔiɐnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/ĭɐnX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jin2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 偃 偃
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yǎn yǎn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ʔjonX › ‹ ʔjonX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔaʔ/ /*ʔaʔ/
    English bend down Yǎn (ancient state in Shāndōng)

    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 偃
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14384
    Phonetic
    component         		妟
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		偃
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qanʔ/

    Definitions

    偃

    1. to fall on one's back; to lie down; to flop down
    2. to desist; to cease; to stop

    Compounds

    References

    • “偃”, 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–
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “偃”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 276.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    偃

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. dam
    2. weir

    Readings

    • On (unclassified): えん (en)
    • Kun: ふせる (fuseru)、やすむ (yasumu)

    Korean

    Hanja

    偃 (eum 언 (eon))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    偃: Hán Nôm readings: ễnh

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