埯

埯

See also: 垵

埯 U+57EF, 埯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57EF ← 埮 [U+57EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 埰 → [U+57F0]

Translingual

Han character

埯 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土大中山 (GKLU), composition ⿰土奄)

1. cover with earth
2. a pit
3. a hole

References

• KangXi: page 230, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5181
• Dae Jaweon: page 467, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 452, character 2
• Unihan data for U+57EF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		埯
alternative forms		垵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎn, yǎn (an³, yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˇ, ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am², am¹
• Min Nan (POJ): oaⁿ / âm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
    • Wade–Giles: an³
    • Yale: ǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: am², am¹
    • Yale: ám, ām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am², am¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: em², em¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵/, /ɐm⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oaⁿ / âm
    • Tâi-lô: uann / âm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: voaf, aam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uã⁴⁴/, /am²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uã³³/, /am²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uã⁴⁴/, /am¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uã⁴⁴/, /am²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴⁴/, /am²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑm^X/, /ʔɨɐm^X/

Rime
Character	埯	埯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏敢切	於广切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔamX/	/ʔɨamX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔiɐmX/
Wang Li	/ɑmX/	/ĭɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑmX/	/ʔi̯ɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am2	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːmʔ/, /*qomʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埯	埯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14335	14353
Phonetic component	奄	奄
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	埯	埯
Old Chinese	/*qaːmʔ/	/*qomʔ/

Definitions

埯

1. a hole to dibble seeds
2. to dibble into holes
3. (classifier) for crops planted by dibbling

Compounds

埯魅坸仔

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01697
• “埯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

埯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en), あん (an), おん (on)
• Kun: あな (ana)