宴

宴	U+5BB4, 宴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB4

← 害
[U+5BB3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

宵 →
[U+5BB5]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

宴 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十日女 (JAV), four-corner 3040₄, composition ⿱宀妟)

References

KangXi: page 286, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7166

Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 3

Unihan data for U+5BB4

Chinese

trad.		宴
simp. ^#		宴
alternative forms		讌／宴醼／宴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堰	qrens, qanʔ, *qans
躽	qrens, qeːnʔ
宴	qeːnʔ, qeːns
蝘	qeːnʔ, qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	qanʔ, qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	qanʔ, qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 ().

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen / yan
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): iàn
(Teochew, Peng'im): ang³

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: jin³
  - Yale: yin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn
  - Tâi-lô: iàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔen^X/, /ʔen^H/

Rime
Character	宴	宴
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	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^X/	/ʔɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^X/	/ʔɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/
Wang Li	/ien^X/	/ien^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔien^X/	/ʔien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²	jin³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤe[n]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ/, /*qeːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁe[n]-s/
English	feast (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宴	宴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14380	14383
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	宴
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*qeːns/

Definitions

宴

(literary)comfortable; peaceful; happy
banquet; feast
to host a banquet; to entertain

Compounds

享宴
便宴 (biànyàn)
午宴 (wǔyàn)
喜宴 (xǐyàn)
大宴
大宴小酌
婚宴 (hūnyàn)
宴坐
宴媟
宴安
宴客 (yànkè)
宴宴
宴席 (yànxí)
宴息
宴歌
宴游
宴然
宴私
宴集
家宴 (jiāyàn)
排宴
探春之宴
探花宴

晚宴 (wǎnyàn)
曲宴
曲江宴
款宴
盛宴 (shèngyàn)
祖宴
筵宴 (yányàn)
赴宴 (fùyàn)
邀宴
酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
酺宴
野宴
國宴／国宴 (guóyàn)
大宴賓客／大宴宾客
天下沒有不散的宴席／天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí)
天下無不散的宴席／天下无不散的宴席
宴安鴆毒／宴安鸩毒
宴會／宴会 (yànhuì)
宴樂／宴乐 (yànyuè)
宴爾新婚／宴尔新婚
宴見／宴见
宴請／宴请 (yànqǐng)
宴飲／宴饮

宴餞／宴饯
宴饗／宴飨
弔宴／吊宴
恩榮宴／恩荣宴
慶功宴／庆功宴 (qìnggōngyàn)
梁園宴雪／梁园宴雪
櫻桃宴／樱桃宴
歡宴／欢宴
瓊林宴／琼林宴
結婚宴會／结婚宴会
聞喜宴／闻喜宴
設宴／设宴 (shèyàn)
謝師宴／谢师宴 (xièshīyàn)
賜宴／赐宴 (cìyàn)
錢龍宴／钱龙宴
閒宴／闲宴
飫宴／饫宴
飲宴／饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
饗宴／飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)
鴻門宴／鸿门宴 (hóngményàn)
鷹揚宴／鹰扬宴
鹿鳴宴／鹿鸣宴 (lùmíngyàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宴):

→ Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)
→ Vietnamese: yến (宴)

References

“宴”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

宴

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
Kun: うたげ (utage, 宴); たのしむ (tanoshimu, 宴しむ)

Compounds

茗宴(めいえん) (meien): tea party

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宴
うたげ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alteration of 打ち上げ (uchiage, “finishing of a performance, banquet at the finishing of a performance”).[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) うたげ [ùtágé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝta̠ɡe̞]

Noun

宴(うたげ) • (utage)

party, banquet, feast

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宴
えん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 宴 (ʔen^H, “banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) えん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

宴(えん) • (en)

party, banquet, feast

Affix

宴(えん) • (en)

party, banquet, feast

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

宴 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宴: Hán Nôm readings: yến

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN