嬿

嬿

嬿 U+5B3F, 嬿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B3F ← 嬾 [U+5B3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 孀 → [U+5B40]

Translingual

Han character

嬿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女廿中火 (VTLF), four-corner 4443₁, composition ⿰女燕)

1. lovely

References

• KangXi: page 273, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6874
• Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1089, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5B3F

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Chinese

trad.		嬿
simp. #		嬿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
燕	*qeːn, *qeːns
驠	*qeːn, *qeːns
嬿	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
鷰	*qeːns
醼	*qeːns
讌	*qeːns
嚥	*qeːns
酀	*qeːns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin², jin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin², jin³
    • Yale: yín, yin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin², jin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin², yin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/, /jiːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔen^X/, /ʔen^H/

Rime
Character	嬿	嬿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	於殄切	於甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛnX/	/ʔɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛnX/	/ʔɛnH/
Li Rong	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/
Wang Li	/ienX/	/ienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔienX/	/ʔienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin2	jin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ/, /*qeːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬿	嬿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14442	14448
Phonetic component	燕	燕
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	宴
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*qeːns/

Definitions

嬿

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References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00724
• “嬿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

嬿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)

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Korean

Hanja

嬿 (eum 연 (yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嬿: Hán Nôm readings: yến

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References

• Nom Foundation