筵

筵

筵 U+7B75, 筵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B75 ← 筴 [U+7B74] CJK Unified Ideographs 筶 → [U+7B76]

Translingual

Han character

筵 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓大一 (HNKM) or 竹弓大女 (HNKV), four-corner 8840₁, composition ⿱𥫗延)

1. bamboo mat
2. feast, banquet

References

• KangXi: page 886, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26080
• Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7B75

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Chinese

trad.		筵
simp. #		筵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唌	*l'aːn
誕	*l'aːnʔ
蜑	*l'aːnʔ
蛋	*l'aːns
硟	*slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎	*ljan, *lans
脠	*l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴	*l̥ʰan
鋋	*ɦljan, *lan
埏	*hljan, *lan
挻	*hljan
鯅	*hljan
延	*lan, *lans
筵	*lan
蜒	*lan
狿	*lan, *lans
郔	*lan
綖	*lan
莚	*lan, *lans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lan) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn / yàn
• Min Dong (BUC): iòng
• Min Nan (POJ): iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân
    • Tâi-lô: iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇn/

Rime
Character	筵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以然切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/jæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jian/
Li Rong	/iɛn/
Wang Li	/jĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*la[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ yen ›
Old Chinese	/*la[n]/
English	bamboo mat
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	筵
Reading #	1/1
No.	14257
Phonetic component	延
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	延
Old Chinese	/*lan/

Definitions

筵

1. (obsolete or in compounds) banquet; feast

   盛筵  ―  shèngyán  ―  grand banquet

   喜筵  ―  xǐyán  ―  banquet for a happy event

2. (obsolete) bamboo mat

   • 或肆之筵，或授之几。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huò sì zhī yán, huò shòu zhī jī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. (obsolete) seat

   • 降筵，拜。賔荅拜。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE

     Jiàng yán, bài. Bīn dábài. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 退反位，揖賓就筵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     退反位，揖宾就筵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tuì fǎn wèi, yī bīn jiù yán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

喜筵 (xǐyán) 巹筵 暖房筵 歌筵 法筵 玳瑁筵 瓜果筵 盛筵 (shèngyán) 盛筵必散 盛筵易散

筵宴 (yányàn) 筵席 (yánxí) 素筵 酒筵 (jiǔyán) 香筵 几筵 別筵／别筵 天下沒有不散的筵席／天下没有不散的筵席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bù sàn de yánxí) 愛筵／爱筵 (àiyán) 淨筵／净筵

瓊筵／琼筵 盛筵難再／盛筵难再 筵席稅／筵席税 筵會／筵会 (yánhuì) 經筵／经筵 經筵講官／经筵讲官 設席張筵／设席张筵 賓之初筵／宾之初筵 開筵／开筵

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (筵):

• → Japanese: 筵(えん) (en)

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Japanese

Kanji

筵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: むしろ (mushiro, 筵)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筵
むしろ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
席 蓆 莚

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むしろ​ [mùshíróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɕiɾo̞]

Noun

筵(むしろ) • (mushiro) 

1. straw mat or bamboo mat
2. seat

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筵
えん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​ん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

筵(えん) • (en) 

1. seat

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

筵 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

筵: Hán Nôm readings: diên

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