演

演

See also: 縯

演 U+6F14, 演 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F14 ← 漓 [U+6F13] CJK Unified Ideographs 漕 → [U+6F15]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

演 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十一金 (EJMC) or X水十一金 (XEJMC), four-corner 3318₆, composition ⿰氵寅)

References

• KangXi: page 645, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1730, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6F14

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		演
2nd round simp.		𰛑
alternative forms		𤀋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寅	*lil, *lin
蔩	*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔	*lil, *li
演	*lenʔ
縯	*lenʔ, *linʔ
戭	*lenʔ, *linʔ
夤	*lin
螾	*lin, *linʔ
濥	*linʔ, *lins
瞚	*hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lenʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): yan³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ян (i͡an, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jin², jin⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yan³

• Jin (Wiktionary): ie²
• Min Bei (KCR): ěng
• Min Dong (BUC): iēng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ián / én

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ / iang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): i (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ienn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ян (i͡an, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin², jin⁵
    • Yale: yín, yíhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin², jin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin², yin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/, /jiːn¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /ian³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eiŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Klang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián
    • Tâi-lô: ián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, Taipei, Klang): /iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: én
    • Tâi-lô: én
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ean
    • IPA (Hui'an): /en⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵ / iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng / iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/, /iaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: i (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ienn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iẽ⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 演
Mandarin	Beijing	/ian²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ian²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ian¹³/
	Jinan	/iã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ian⁵³/
	Xi'an	/iã⁵³/
	Xining	/iã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iɛn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ian⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ian⁴²/
	Kunming	/iɛ̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ien²¹²/
	Hefei	/iĩ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/i³⁵/
	Suzhou	/iɪ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔiẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/iɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/iẽ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/iẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/ian⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ʒen²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jin³⁵/
	Nanning	/jim³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jin³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ieŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/eiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zin³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	演
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以淺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/jænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jianX/
Li Rong	/iɛnX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-q(r)anʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	演
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ yenX ›
Old Chinese	/*N-q(r)anʔ/
English	flow out, extend
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	演
Reading #	1/1
No.	15277
Phonetic component	寅
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	演
Old Chinese	/*lenʔ/

Definitions

演

1. to develop; to evolve

   演變／演变  ―  yǎnbiàn  ―  to develop

   演化  ―  yǎnhuà  ―  to evolve

2. to deduce

   推演  ―  tuīyǎn  ―  deduce

   演算  ―  yǎnsuàn  ―  to perform mathematical calculations

3. to perform; to act; to put on

   表演  ―  biǎoyǎn  ―  to perform

   演員／演员  ―  yǎnyuán  ―  performer

4. to drill; to practice; to exercise

   演練／演练  ―  yǎnliàn  ―  to drill

   演習／演习  ―  yǎnxí  ―  to do field practice

5. a surname: Yan

Synonyms

• (to perform):

edit

Synonyms of 演

上演 (shàngyǎn) 串 (chuàn) (literary, or in compounds) 出演 (chūyǎn) 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds) 演出 (yǎnchū)

演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song) 演奏 (yǎnzòu) 耍 (shuǎ) 表演 (biǎoyǎn) 上臺／上台 (shàngtái)

做戲／做戏 (zuòxì) 扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì) 搬戲／搬戏 (Min Nan) 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì) 登臺／登台 (dēngtái)

Compounds

上演 (shàngyǎn) 串演 (chuànyǎn) 主演 (zhǔyǎn) 公演 (gōngyǎn) 出演 (chūyǎn) 合演 扮演 (bànyǎn) 排演 (páiyǎn) 推演 (tuīyǎn) 演出 (yǎnchū) 演出本 演出者 (yǎnchūzhě) 演化 (yǎnhuà) 演化支 演唱 (yǎnchàng) 演奏 (yǎnzòu) 演奏家 (yǎnzòujiā) 演奏者 (yǎnzòuzhě) 演技 (yǎnjì) 演播 (yǎnbō) 演播室 (yǎnbōshì) 演替

演歌 (yǎngē) 演武 (yǎnwǔ) 演活 演示 (yǎnshì) 演算 (yǎnsuàn) 表演 (biǎoyǎn) 路演 (lùyǎn) 重演 (chóngyǎn) 露演 首演 (shǒuyǎn) 三國演義／三国演义 (Sānguó Yǎnyì) 導演／导演 (dǎoyǎn) 會演／会演 (huìyǎn) 演出單位／演出单位 演出地點／演出地点 演劇／演剧 (yǎnjù) 演員／演员 (yǎnyuán) 演員陣容／演员阵容 演唱會／演唱会 (yǎnchànghuì) 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì) 演練／演练 (yǎnliàn) 演繹／演绎 (yǎnyì)

演繹法／演绎法 (yǎnyìfǎ) 演義／演义 (yǎnyì) 演義人員／演义人员 演義圈／演义圈 演義界／演义界 演習／演习 (yǎnxí) 演藝／演艺 (yǎnyì) 演說／演说 (yǎnshuō) 演說者／演说者 (yǎnshuōzhě) 演說術／演说术 演講／演讲 (yǎnjiǎng) 演講家／演讲家 演變／演变 (yǎnbiàn) 演進／演进 (yǎnjìn) 義演／义演 臨時演員／临时演员 講演／讲演 (jiǎngyǎn) 軍演／军演 (jūnyǎn) 開演／开演 (kāiyǎn) 預演／预演 (yùyǎn) 飾演／饰演 (shìyǎn)

References

• “演”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02298

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Japanese

Kanji

演

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. do, perform
2. act, play
3. render
4. stage

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: やる (yaru, 演る); のべる (noberu, 演べる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
演
えん Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 演 (MC jiᴇn^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Affix

演(えん) • (en) 

1. develop; evolve
2. practice; exercise
3. perform; act; play
4. speech; lecture; address

Derived terms

• 演(えん)じる (enjiru), 演(えん)ずる (enzuru)

Compounds

• 演繹(えんえき) (en'eki)
• 演技(えんぎ) (engi)
• 演劇(えんげき) (engeki)
• 演算(えんざん) (enzan)
• 演習(えんしゅう) (enshū)
• 演出(えんしゅつ) (enshutsu)
• 演色(えんしょく) (enshoku): colour rendering
• 演説(えんぜつ) (enzetsu)
• 演奏(えんそう) (ensō)
• 名演(めいえん) (meien): great performance (of acting, music, etc)

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Korean

Hanja

演 (eumhun 펼 연 (pyeol yeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 연 (“performance”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

演: Hán Nôm readings: diễn, dăn, dạn, giỡn, rởn, dán, dợn, gián

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation