奄
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Translingual
Han character
奄 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大中田山 (KLWU), four-corner 40716, composition ⿱大电(GTJKV) or ⿱大⿻日㇄(T))
Derived characters
- 俺, 𢔂, 埯, 掩, 唵, 崦, 淹, 殗, 晻, 腌, 硽, 裺, 醃, 餣, 馣, 黤, 剦, 鵪(鹌), 奙, 菴, 罨, 阉, 閹, 庵, 痷, 匎
References
- KangXi: page 250, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5881
- Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 534, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5944
- Unihan data for U+FA7E
Chinese
trad. | 奄 | |
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simp. # | 奄 | |
alternative forms | 闇/暗 suddenly |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 大 (“big”) + 申 (“extend”) – to cover.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
奄
- † to cover; to surround; to include
- † suddenly; abruptly; quickly; hastily
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
奄
- † feeble
- a surname
Compounds
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Pronunciation 3
Definitions
奄
- † Alternative form of 閹/阉 (yān, “to castrate; eunuch”).
- † Alternative form of 淹 (yān, “to remain; to tarry”).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
奄
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- cover
- suffocate
- obstruct
Readings
- Go-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kan-on: えん (en)←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)
- Kun: おおう (ōu, 奄う)←おほふ (ofofu, historical); たちまち (tachimachi, 奄ち)
- Nanori: あま (ama)
Korean
Hanja
奄 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm)
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Vietnamese
Han character
奄: Hán Nôm readings: yêm, yểm, ăm, im, em
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References
Từ Điển Hán Nôm