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Translingual
Han character
嚥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口廿中火 (RTLF), four-corner 64031, composition ⿰口燕)
- swallow, gulp
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4545
- Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 44
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 701, character 15
- Unihan data for U+56A5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 燕
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*qeːn, *qeːns
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| 驠
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*qeːn, *qeːns
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| 嬿
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*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
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| 鷰
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*qeːns
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| 醼
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*qeːns
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| 讌
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*qeːns
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| 嚥
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*qeːns
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| 酀
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*qeːns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qeːns) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 燕 (OC *qeːn, *qeːns).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嚥
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14449
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Phonetic
component
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燕
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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宴
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Old
Chinese
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/*qeːns/
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| Notes
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見論衡孟子作咽
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Definitions
嚥
- to swallow
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嚥
(Hyōgai kanji)
- swallow, gulp
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嚥 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嚥: Hán Nôm readings: yết, en, ẻn
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