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Translingual
Han character
衍 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人水一弓 (HOEMN), four-corner 21103, composition ⿴行氵 or ⿲彳氵亍)
Derived characters
- 𢯼, 椼, 𭵗, 𤦷, 𧎘, 餰, 𬳆, 葕, 愆, 𰗿, 𧍢, 𲁮, 𩜾
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1108, character 35
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34033
- Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 820, character 4
- Unihan data for U+884D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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愆
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*kʰran
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衍
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*lanʔ, *lans
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 行 (“path; way; to go; to move”) + 水 (“water”).
Etymology
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Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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衍
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yenX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-q(r)anʔ/
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English
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overflow
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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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衍
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衍
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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14376
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14377
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Phonetic component
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衍
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衍
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Rime group
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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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Corresponding MC rime
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演
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Old Chinese
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/*lanʔ/
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/*lans/
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Definitions
衍
- to overflow; to spill over
- to spread out; to extend; to develop
- superfluous; unnecessary
- characters mistakenly added during the copying of a text
- (obsolete) lowland; flatland
- (obsolete) marsh; bog
- (obsolete) mountain slope; hillside
- (obsolete) bamboo basket
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
衍
- (obsolete) to bring in; to invite; to introduce
- (Buddhism) yana; vehicle
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
衍
(Hyōgai kanji)
- overflow; spill over
- derive; spread out
Readings
Compounds
References
Korean
Hanja
衍 (eum 연 (yeon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
衍: Hán Nôm readings: khiên, diễn, giàn, nhản, nhiễn, nhăn
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