殮

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See also: 殓
殮 U+6BAE, 殮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BAE
← 殭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 殯 →
殮 U+F9A5, 殮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A5
← 捻
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 簾 →

Translingual

Han character

殮 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一弓人一人 (MNOMO), four-corner 18286, composition ⿰歹僉)

  1. to dress a corpse for burial

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 583, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16590
  • Dae Jaweon: page 976, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1395, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6BAE

Chinese

trad. 殮
simp. 殓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
厱 *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛 *qʰlaːm
臉 *ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶 *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼 *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳 *ɡ·ram
獫 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞 *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢 *ɡ·ram
斂 *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲 *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿 *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷 *ɡ·ramʔ
殮 *ɡ·rams
簽 *skʰlam
僉 *skʰlam
憸 *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣 *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢 *kramʔ
瞼 *kramʔ
儉 *ɡramʔ
顩 *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐 *ŋramʔ
嶮 *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞 *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗 *ŋrams
險 *qʰramʔ
劒 *kams
劍 *kams
𩏩 *qʰam

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 殮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力驗切
Baxter ljemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇmH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛmH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liamH/
Li
Rong 		/liɛmH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛmH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		liàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lim6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 殮
Reading # 1/1
No. 10198
Phonetic
component 		僉
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		殮
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡ·rams/

Definitions

殮

to put a dead body into a coffin

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

殮

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to encoffin

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れん (ren)
  • Kun: おさめる (osameru, 殮める)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

殮 • (ryeom>yeom) (hangeul 렴>염, revised ryeom>yeom, McCune–Reischauer ryŏm>yŏm, Yale lyem>yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殮: Hán Nôm readings: liệm, liễm, lịm

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