淹

淹

淹 U+6DF9, 淹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF9 ← 淸 [U+6DF8] CJK Unified Ideographs 淺 → [U+6DFA]

淹 U+2F90E, 淹 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F90E ← 𣻑 [U+2F90D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 潮 → [U+2F90F]

Translingual

Han character

淹 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水大中山 (EKLU), four-corner 3411₆, composition ⿰氵奄)

1. to flood
2. drown
3. cover with liquid, steep

References

• KangXi: page 632, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17696
• Dae Jaweon: page 1038, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1644, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6DF9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

  (Chengdu, SP): ngan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yim
• Min Nan (POJ): im / iam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim⁴
    • IPA: /im⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim⁴
    • IPA: /(j)im⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im
    • Tâi-lô: im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam
    • Tâi-lô: iam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³/

Note:

• im - vernacular;
• iam - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiᴇm/, /ʔɨɐm^H/▼

Rime
Character	淹	淹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	央炎切	於劔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇm/	/ʔɨɐmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛm/	/ʔiɐmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæm/	/ʔiɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiam/	/ʔɨamH/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛm/	/ʔiɐmH/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/	/ĭɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/	/ʔi̯ɐmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)om/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːm/, /*qrom/, /*qom/, /*qoms/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yān
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjem ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)om/
English	submerge, soak
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	淹	淹	淹	淹
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	14336	14338	14352	14354
Phonetic component	奄	奄	奄	奄
Rime group	談	談	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	𤟟	淹	醃
Old Chinese	/*qroːm/	/*qrom/	/*qom/	/*qoms/
Notes	手冊作淊今字			原列梵韻依王韻改釅

Definitions

淹

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Compounds

悶淹淹／闷淹淹 故淹珠玉 江淹夢筆／江淹梦笔 江淹夢錦／江淹梦锦 江淹才盡／江淹才尽 涵淹 淹博 淹宿 淹恤 淹旬曠月／淹旬旷月

淹晷 淹月 淹死 (yānsǐ) 淹殺／淹杀 淹水 (yānshuǐ) 淹沉 淹沒／淹没 (yānmò) 淹淹一息 淹滅／淹灭 淹滯／淹滞

淹潤／淹润 淹灌 淹煎 淹留 淹纏／淹缠 淹識／淹识 淹貫／淹贯 淹踐／淹践 淹通 淹雅

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Japanese

Kanji

淹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dip
2. soak
3. immerse
4. stop
5. linger

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); よう (yō)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu); ひさしい (hisashī); とどまる (todomaru)

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Korean

Hanja

淹 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm, Yale em)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淹: Hán Nôm readings: yêm, êm, im, ươm

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