晏

晏

晏 U+664F, 晏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-664F ← 晎 [U+664E] CJK Unified Ideographs 晐 → [U+6650]

Translingual

Han character

晏 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日十女 (AJV), four-corner 6040₄, composition ⿱日安)

References

• KangXi: page 495, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13914
• Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1509, character 7
• Unihan data for U+664F

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Chinese

trad.		晏
simp. #		晏

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
安	*qaːn
鞍	*qaːn
鞌	*qaːn
侒	*qaːn
按	*qaːns
案	*qaːns
洝	*qaːns
荌	*qaːns
晏	*qaːns, *qraːns
鴳	*qraːns
騴	*qraːns
鷃	*qraːns
頞	*qaːd
胺	*qaːd
咹	*qaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qaːns, *qraːns) : semantic 日 + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ngan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aan³, ngaan³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yen / yan

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yan⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ie³
• Min Dong (BUC): áng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): òaⁿ / àn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uan³ / ang³

• Wu (Wiktionary): e (T2); i (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ngan⁴

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aan³, ngaan³
    • Yale: aan, ngaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aan³, ngaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: an³, ngan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːn³³/, /ŋaːn³³/

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

• 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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ian⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: áng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: òaⁿ / àn
    • Tâi-lô: uànn / àn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: voax, axn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uã²¹/, /an²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uã⁴¹/, /an⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uã²¹/, /an²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uã¹¹/, /an¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã²¹/, /an²¹/

Note:

• òaⁿ - vernacular;
• àn - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uan³ / ang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uàⁿ / àng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã²¹³/, /aŋ²¹³/

Note:

• uan3 - vernacular (late);
• ang3 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: e (T2); i (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e̞³⁴/, /i³⁴/

Note:

• 2e - vernacular;
• 2i - literary.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 晏
Mandarin	Beijing	/iɛn⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ian⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ian⁵³/
	Jinan	/iã²¹/
	Qingdao	/iã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ian³¹²/
	Xi'an	/iã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/iã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ian¹³/
	Lanzhou	/iɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ian²¹³/
	Wuhan	/iɛn³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ian¹³/
	Guiyang	/ian²¹³/ 姓 /ŋan²¹³/ 晚
	Kunming	/iɛ̃²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ien/
	Hefei	/iĩ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ie⁴⁵/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ie⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/e³⁵/ /i³⁵/
	Suzhou	/iɪ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ʔẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/a⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋɛ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/ŋɔ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋan⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ŋan⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋan⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ian⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ʒen⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/an³³/
	Nanning	/an³³/
	Hong Kong	/an³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/an²¹/ /uã²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/iɛŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/uiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/aŋ²¹³/ /uã²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/aŋ³⁵/ /ua³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑn^H/, /ʔˠan^H/

Rime
Character	晏	晏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	烏旰切	烏澗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑnH/	/ʔˠanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑnH/	/ʔᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑnH/	/ʔɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔanH/	/ʔaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑnH/	/ʔanH/
Wang Li	/ɑnH/	/anH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑnH/	/ʔanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	àn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on3	aan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ<r>a[n]-s/, /*ʔˤe[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːns/, /*qraːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	晏	晏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn	yàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔænH ›	‹ ʔenH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ<r>a[n]-s/	/*ʔˁe[n]-s/
English	peace, rest	rest (v.)
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	晏	晏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	19	20
Phonetic component	安	安
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	按	晏
Old Chinese	/*qaːns/	/*qraːns/

Definitions

晏

1. late; near the end of a period of time

   • 及年歲之未晏兮，時亦猶其未央。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     及年岁之未晏兮，时亦犹其未央。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Jí niánsuì zhī wèi yàn xī, shí yì yóu qí wèiyāng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. late in the day

   晏起  ―  yànqǐ  ―  to get up late

   晏晝／晏昼 [Cantonese]  ―  aan³ zau³ [Jyutping]  ―  afternoon

   放工嗰時好塞車，搞到好晏先返到屋企。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   放工嗰时好塞车，搞到好晏先返到屋企。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   fong³ gung¹ go² si⁴ hou² sak¹ ce¹, gaau² dou³ hou² aan³ sin¹ faan¹ dou^3-2 uk¹ kei^5-2. [Jyutping]

   The traffic was quite bad when I left work, so I got home really late.

   天氣報告話今日晏啲會落雨喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   天气报告话今日晏啲会落雨㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tin¹ hei³ bou³ gou³ waa⁶ gam¹ jat⁶ aan³ di¹ wui⁵ lok⁶ jyu⁵ wo⁵. [Jyutping]

   The weather forecast said it'll rain later today.

3. (Cantonese) lunch (Classifier: 餐)

   食晏 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ aan³ [Jyutping]  ―  to have lunch

4. sunny and cloudless
5. peaceful; tranquil; serene

   河清海晏  ―  héqīng hǎiyàn  ―  the (Yellow) River is clear and the sea is calm; the world is peaceful and prosperous

6. a surname

Synonyms

• (late):

Dialectal synonyms of 晚 (“late (in time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遲, 晚
Mandarin	Beijing	晚
	Taiwan	晚, 遲
	Harbin	晚
	Yantai (Muping)	晚
	Jinan	晚
	Luoyang	晚
	Xi'an	晚, 遲
	Wuhan	晏, 遲
	Chengdu	晏, 晚
	Guiyang	晏
	Liuzhou	晏
	Xuzhou	晚, 遲
	Yangzhou	晚, 遲
	Hefei	晚, 遲
	Singapore	晚, 遲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	晏
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	遲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	遲
	Macau	遲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	晏, 遲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	遲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏, 遲
	Foshan	晏, 遲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏
	Foshan (Shunde)	遲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	遲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	遲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	遲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	遲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	遲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏, 遲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	遲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	遲
	Taishan	晏, 遲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	晏, 遲
	Enping (Niujiang)	晏, 遲
	Heshan (Yayao)	遲水
	Dongguan	晏, 遲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	晏
	Yangjiang	晏, 遲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	遲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晏, 遲
Gan	Nanchang	晏
	Pingxiang	晏
Hakka	Meixian	遲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	晏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	遲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	遲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	遲, 晏
	Wengyuan	晝
	Liannan	遲
	Conghua (Lütian)	晏
	Jiexi	慢
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	慢
	Changting	晏
	Wuping	遲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	夜
	Ninghua	遲
	Yudu	晏
	Ningdu	遲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	晏
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	晏
	Dayu	晏
	Hong Kong	遲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	遲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	遲
	Xinyi (Sihe)	遲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	遲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	遲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	遲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	遲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	遲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	遲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	遲
	Luchuan	遲
	Senai (Huiyang)	遲
Huizhou	Jixi	晏
Jin	Taiyuan	遲, 晚
Min Bei	Jian'ou	晏
	Songxi	晏
	Zhenghe	慢
	Jianyang	晏
	Wuyishan	晏
Min Dong	Fuzhou	遲, 晏
	Changle	遲
	Lianjiang	遲, 晏
	Fuqing	遲, 晏
	Pingtan	晏
	Yongtai	遲, 晏
	Minqing	遲
	Gutian	慢
	Pingnan	慢
	Luoyuan	晏
	Fu'an	晏
	Ningde	晏
	Xiapu	晏
	Zherong	晏
	Shouning	晏
	Zhouning	遲
	Fuding	晏
Min Nan	Xiamen	晏, 暗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	晏
	Quanzhou	晏, 暗
	Jinjiang	晏
	Nan'an	晏
	Shishi	晏
	Hui'an	晏
	Anxi	晏
	Yongchun	晏
	Dehua	晏
	Zhangzhou	晏, 暗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	晏
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	晏
	Hua'an	晏
	Nanjing	晏
	Pinghe	晏
	Zhangpu	晏
	Yunxiao	晏
	Zhao'an	晏
	Dongshan	晏
	Taipei	晏 GT, 暗 GT
	Kinmen	晏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗, 晏
	Manila (Hokkien)	晏, 暗
	Longyan	遲
	Zhangping	晏
	Datian	晏
	Chaozhou	晏, 慢
	Shantou	晏, 慢
	Jieyang	晏, 慢
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	晏
	Singapore (Teochew)	晏
	Leizhou	晏
	Wenchang	晏
	Haikou	晏
	Singapore (Hainanese)	晏, 暗
Puxian Min	Putian	晏
	Xianyou	晏
Min Zhong	Yong'an	慢
	Sanyuan	慢
	Shaxian	晏
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	遲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	晏
Wu	Shanghai	遲
	Suzhou	晏
	Danyang	晚
	Hangzhou	晏, 遲
	Ningbo	晏
	Wenzhou	遲
Xiang	Changsha	晏, 遲
	Loudi	晏
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (lunch):

Dialectal synonyms of 午餐 (“lunch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		午飯, 午餐, 午膳, 中餐, 中飯
Mandarin	Beijing	午飯, 晌午飯, 晌飯, 早飯 first meal in a two meal system
	Taiwan	午餐, 午飯, 中餐
	Harbin	晌午飯, 晌飯
	Yantai (Muping)	晌飯
	Jinan	午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯
	Luoyang	晌午飯
	Wanrong	晌午飯
	Xi'an	晌午飯
	Yinchuan	晌午飯
	Lanzhou	晌午
	Xining	晌午
	Ürümqi	晌午飯, 中午飯
	Wuhan	中飯
	Chengdu	晌午, 午飯, 中飯
	Guiyang	午飯, 中飯
	Liuzhou	晌午飯, 晌午
	Xuzhou	中飯, 晌午飯
	Yangzhou	中飯
	Nanjing	中飯
	Hefei	中飯
	Singapore	午餐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏
	Hong Kong	晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏, 中午飯, 午餐, lunch
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	晏晝
	Macau	晏
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	早飯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	晏
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏晝
	Foshan	晏
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏
	Foshan (Sanshui)	晏晝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	晏晝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晏晝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	晏
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	晏
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	早朝
	Taishan	早朝, 晏晝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	早朝
	Enping (Niujiang)	早朝
	Heshan (Yayao)	晏晝
	Yangjiang	晏
Gan	Nanchang	晝飯, 中飯
	Lichuan	晝飯
	Pingxiang	中飯
Hakka	Meixian	晝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	晏晝
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	晝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	晝
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏晝
	Conghua (Lütian)	晏晝
	Yudu	晏晝
	Hong Kong	晝
Huizhou	Jixi	晝飯
Jin	Taiyuan	晌午飯, 中午飯
	Xinzhou	晌午飯
Min Bei	Jian'ou	晝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	晝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	晝
Min Nan	Xiamen	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 晝
	Quanzhou	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 晝
	Zhangzhou	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝, 下晡頓
	Manila (Hokkien)	日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝
	Chaozhou	日晝
	Shantou	日晝飯
	Jieyang	日晝, 日晝飯, 日晝頓
	Singapore (Teochew)	下旰飯
	Leizhou	日晝糜
	Wenchang	日晝
	Haikou	日晝糜, 日晝
	Qionghai	日頭晝糜, 日晝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	日晝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	早飯
Wu	Shanghai	中飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	點心
	Suzhou	中飯
	Danyang	晝飯, 中飯
	Hangzhou	中飯
	Ningbo	晝飯, 晝過飯
	Wenzhou	日晝, 日晝廚
	Jinhua	午飯
Xiang	Changsha	中飯
	Loudi	中飯
	Shuangfeng	中飯, 晌飯, 晚飯 second meal in a two meal system

Compounds

日晏 晏如 (yànrú) 晏子 (Yànzǐ) 晏子春秋 (Yànzǐ Chūnqiū) 晏晏 (yànyàn) 晏朝 晏歇 晏然 (yànrán)

晏裘 晏起 河清海晏 海晏河清 (hǎiyànhéqīng) 管晏 言笑晏晏 (yánxiàoyànyàn) 宮車晏駕／宫车晏驾

晏寢／晏寝 晏御揚揚／晏御扬扬 晏燈／晏灯 晏開之警／晏开之警 晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) 歲晏／岁晏 茶遲飯晏／茶迟饭晏

Further reading

• “Entry #6096”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

晏

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. late
2. quiet
3. sets (sun)

Readings

• Go-on: あん (an); えん (en)
• Kan-on: あん (an)
• Kun: おそい (osoi, 晏い)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
晏
あん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 晏 (MC ʔɑn^H, ʔˠan^H).

Affix

晏(あん) • (an) 

1. late (of time)
2. peaceful; tranquil; calm; quiet

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Korean

Hanja

晏 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

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Vietnamese

Han character

晏: Hán Nôm readings: yến

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