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Translingual
Han character
嫣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一卜火 (VMYF), four-corner 41427, composition ⿰女焉)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6659
- Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1079, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5AE3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 嘕
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*qʰran
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| 嫣
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*qʰran, *qran, *qranʔ, *qans
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| 焉
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*qran, *ɢan, *qan
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| 鄢
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*qran, *qanʔ, *qans
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| 蔫
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*qran, *qan
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| 漹
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*ɢan, *qans
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| 傿
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*qans
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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嫣
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嫣
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嫣
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嫣
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| Initial (聲)
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曉 (32)
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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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影 (34)
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| Final (韻)
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仙 (77)
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仙 (79)
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仙 (79)
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元 (65)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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許延切
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於乾切
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於蹇切
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於建切
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| Baxter
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xjien
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'jen
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'jenX
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'jonH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/hiᴇn/
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/ʔˠiᴇn/
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/ʔˠiᴇnX/
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/ʔɨɐnH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/hiɛn/
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/ʔᵚiɛn/
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/ʔᵚiɛnX/
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/ʔiɐnH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/xjæn/
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/ʔiæn/
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/ʔiænX/
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/ʔiɐnH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/hian/
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/ʔian/
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/ʔianX/
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/ʔɨanH/
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Li
Rong
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/xiɛn/
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/ʔjɛn/
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/ʔjɛnX/
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/ʔiɐnH/
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Wang
Li
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/xĭɛn/
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/ĭɛn/
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/ĭɛnX/
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/ĭɐnH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/xi̯ɛn/
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/ʔi̯ɛn/
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/ʔi̯ɛnX/
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/ʔɨ̯ɐnH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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xiān
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yān
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yǎn
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yàn
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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hin1
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jin1
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jin2
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jin3
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嫣
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嫣
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嫣
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嫣
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| Reading #
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1/4
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2/4
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3/4
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4/4
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| No.
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14226
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14229
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14231
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14240
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Phonetic
component
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焉
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焉
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焉
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焉
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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嘕
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焉
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㫃
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堰
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰran/
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/*qran/
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/*qranʔ/
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/*qans/
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Definitions
嫣
- (of appearance) beautiful
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嫣
(Hyōgai kanji)
- beautiful
- beauty
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嫣 (eum 언 (eon))
- beautiful, beauty
Vietnamese
Han character
嫣: Hán Nôm readings: yên
- beautiful
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