掞

掞

掞 U+639E, 掞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-639E ← 掝 [U+639D] CJK Unified Ideographs 掟 → [U+639F]

Translingual

Han character

掞 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手火火 (QFF), four-corner 5908₉, composition ⿰扌炎)

1. easy, smooth
2. quiet
3. suave

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12270
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1906, character 6
• Unihan data for U+639E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (炎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
倓	*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn, yàn, yǎn (shan⁴, yan⁴, yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ, ㄧㄢˋ, ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim³
    • Yale: sim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇm^H/▼

Rime
Character	掞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒贍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掞
Reading #	1/1
No.	14314
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	閃
Old Chinese	/*hljams/

Definitions

掞

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Japanese

Kanji

掞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en), せん (sen)
• Kun: のべる (noberu)