琰

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琰 U+7430, 琰
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7430
← 琯
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 琱 →

Translingual

Han character

琰 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土火火 (MGFF), four-corner 19189, composition ⿰𤣩炎)

  1. jewel, gem
  2. glitter of gems
  3. unisex personal name

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21073
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7430

Chinese

trad. 琰
simp. # 琰
alternative forms 𣨬
𤥎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (炎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
倓 *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂 *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯 *l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼 *l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧 *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧 *l̥ʰaːms
睒 *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕 *l̥ʰaːms
談 *l'aːm
郯 *l'aːm
惔 *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟 *l'aːm
淡 *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰 *l'aːm
餤 *l'aːm
啖 *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅 *l'aːms
剡 *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢 *hljamʔ
掞 *hljams
炎 *ɦlam
琰 *lamʔ
棪 *lamʔ
扊 *lamʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lamʔ) : semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以冉切
Baxter yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/jæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiamX/
Li
Rong 		/iɛmX/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琰
Reading # 1/1
No. 14316
Phonetic
component 		炎
Rime
group 		談
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		琰
Old
Chinese 		/*lamʔ/

Definitions

琰

  1. (literary) pointed jade tablet
  2. (literary) fine jade

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

琰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. jewel
  2. gem
  3. glitter of gems

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)

Korean

Hanja

琰 (eum 염 (yeom))

  1. name of a beautiful jade

Vietnamese

Han character

琰: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm, dặm

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