湎

湎

湎 U+6E4E, 湎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E4E ← 湍 [U+6E4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 湏 → [U+6E4F]

Translingual

Han character

湎 (radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水一田中 (EMWL), four-corner 3116₀, composition ⿰氵面)

1. flushed with drink, drunk

References

• KangXi: page 636, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17826
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1672, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6E4E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		湎
variant forms		𩈳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): bián / biān / bín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: mien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
    • IPA ^(key): /mjɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁵
    • Yale: míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián / biān / bín
    • Tâi-lô: bián / biān / bín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biern, bien, bien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³/, /biɛn²²/, /bin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴/, /biɛn⁴¹/, /bin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³/, /biɛn²²/, /bin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³/, /biɛn³³/, /bin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹/, /biɛn³³/, /bin⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /miᴇn^X/▼

Rime
Character	湎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	彌兖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mianX/
Li Rong	/miɛnX/
Wang Li	/mĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*menʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*menʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	湎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjienX ›
Old Chinese	/*menʔ/
English	sink in (wine)
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	湎
Reading #	1/1
No.	9094
Phonetic component	面
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緬
Old Chinese	/*menʔ/

Definitions

湎

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Japanese

Kanji

湎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. be immersed in
2. be absorbed in

Readings

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: おぼれる (oboreru, 湎れる); しずむ (shizumu, 湎む)

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Korean

Hanja

湎 • (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune–Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湎 (giờn)

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