堰

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堰 U+5830, 堰
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Translingual

Han character

堰 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土尸日女 (GSAV), four-corner 41114, composition ⿰土匽)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 234, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5274
  • Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 461, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5830

Chinese

trad. 堰
simp. # 堰
2nd round simp. 𪣈

Glyph origin

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 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans) : semantic 土 (“earth, ground”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 堰 堰 堰
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (65) 元 (65) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 於幰切 於建切 於扇切
Baxter 'jonX 'jonH 'jienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨɐnX/ /ʔɨɐnH/ /ʔiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔiɐnH/ /ʔiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔiɐnH/ /ʔjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨanX/ /ʔɨanH/ /ʔianH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiɐnX/ /ʔiɐnH/ /ʔiɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭɐnX/ /ĭɐnH/ /ĭɛnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/ /ʔɨ̯ɐnH/ /ʔi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn yàn yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin2 jin3 jin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 堰 堰 堰
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 14378 14388 14393
Phonetic
component 		妟 妟 妟
Rime
group 		元 元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		躽 偃 堰
Old
Chinese 		/*qrens/ /*qanʔ/ /*qans/

Definitions

堰

  1. weir
  2. dam
  3. embankment; dike; bank

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

堰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. dam
  2. prevent
  3. stop up

Readings

  • Go-on: えん (en)
  • Kan-on: えん (en)
  • Kun: せき (seki, 堰)、せく (seku, 堰く)

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
堰
せき
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せく (“to dam”).

Pronunciation

Noun

堰(せき) • (seki) 

  1. weir, dam
Usage notes

In technical contexts this is distinguished from dam.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
堰
い
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

堰(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. a dike or levee for containing water

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

堰 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堰: Hán Nôm readings: yển

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References

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