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Translingual
Han character
筵 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓大一 (HNKM) or 竹弓大女 (HNKV), four-corner 88401, composition ⿱𥫗延)
- bamboo mat
- feast, banquet
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 886, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26080
- Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7B75
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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唌
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*l'aːn
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誕
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*l'aːnʔ
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蜑
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*l'aːnʔ
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蛋
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*l'aːns
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硟
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*slan, *l̥ʰjans
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涎
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*ljan, *lans
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脠
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*l̥ʰan, *hljan
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梴
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*l̥ʰan
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鋋
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*ɦljan, *lan
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埏
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*hljan, *lan
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挻
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*hljan
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鯅
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*hljan
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延
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*lan, *lans
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筵
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*lan
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蜒
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*lan
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狿
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*lan, *lans
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郔
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*lan
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綖
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*lan
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莚
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*lan, *lans
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lan) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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筵
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*la/
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English
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bamboo mat
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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筵
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14257
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Phonetic component
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延
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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延
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Old Chinese
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/*lan/
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Definitions
筵
- (obsolete or in compounds) banquet; feast
- 盛筵 ― shèngyán ― grand banquet
- 喜筵 ― xǐyán ― banquet for a happy event
- (obsolete) bamboo mat
- (obsolete) seat
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
筵
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
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席 蓆 莚
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⟨musiro2⟩ → */musiɾə/ → /musiɾo/ → /muɕiɾo/
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1][2]
Reconstructed as deriving from Proto-Japonic *mosirə.
Pronunciation
Noun
筵 • (mushiro)
- a generic term for a woven mat made out of soft rush, bamboo, straw, or cattail
- c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakamurasaki)
- 「過りおはしましけるよし、ただ今なむ、人申すに、おどろきながら、さぶらべきを、なにがしこの寺に籠もりはべりとは、しろしめしながら、忍びさせたまへるを、憂はしく思ひたまへてなむ。草の御むしろも、この坊にこそ設けはべるべけれ。いと本意なきこと」と申したまへり。
- “Yogiriohashimashikeruyoshi, tadaimanamu, hitomaosuni, odorokinagara, saburabekio, nanigashikonoteranikomorihaberitoha, shiroshimeshinagara, shinobisasetamaheruo, urehashikuomohitamahetenamu. Kusanomimushiromo, konomachinikosomaukehaberubekere. Itohoinakikoto” tomaoshitamaheri.
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- a seat; also used in public environments
- a bed
- (regional, Nagasaki, Kumamoto) a tatami mat
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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席 蓆 莚
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From non-central dialects of Old Japanese that haven't undergone the vowel rising <*o → u> for some reason.
Noun
筵 • (moshiro)
- (dialectal, Tōhoku, Ishikawa, Izumo) Nonstandard form of むしろ (mushiro) above
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 筵 (MC yen).
Pronunciation
Noun
筵 • (en)
- a woven mat
- a seat; also used in public environments
References
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 724
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “むしろ 【筵・蓆・席・莚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
筵 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
筵: Hán Nôm readings: diên
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