豔

See also: 艷, 艶, and 艳

豔	U+8C54, 豔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C54

← 豓
[U+8C53]

CJK Unified Ideographs

豕 →
[U+8C55]

Translingual

Traditional	豔
Shinjitai	艶
Simplified	艳

Han character

豔 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆+21, 28 strokes, cangjie input 山廿土戈廿 (UTGIT), four-corner 5411₇, composition ⿰豐盍)

Derived characters

灩

Related characters

艷, 豓 (Variant forms of 豔)
艶 (Japanese shinjitai) and 艳 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 1194, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36332
Dae Jaweon: page 1656, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3570, character 15
Unihan data for U+8C54

Chinese

trad.		豔/艷
simp.		艳
alternative forms		豓艶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
豔	*lams
灩	*lams

Originally 豓. Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lams) : semantic 豐 (“abundant, great”) + phonetic 盇 () (corrupted to 盍).

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs, though with uncertainty, *r-jams > *jams, compares it to Thai เรี่ยม (riam^B2), and proposes it was from Tai.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yam
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): iām
(Teochew, Peng'im): iam⁷

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁶
  - Yale: yihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
  - Hakka Romanization System: iam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯am⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
  - Tâi-lô: iām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iam⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iām
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam¹¹/

Middle Chinese: /jiᴇm^H/

Rime
Character	豔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以贍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam^H/
Li Rong	/iɛm^H/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豔
Reading #	1/1
No.	14470
Phonetic component	豔
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*lams/

Definitions

豔

(of color) bright and gorgeous; gaudy
relating to love relationships; romantic
(literary) to envy; to admire
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 豔

側豔／侧艳
光豔／光艳
冶豔／冶艳
冷豔／冷艳 (lěngyàn)
哀感頑豔／哀感顽艳
哀豔／哀艳 (āiyàn)
國豔／国艳
妖豔／妖艳 (yāoyàn)
嬌豔／娇艳 (jiāoyàn)
屈豔班香／屈艳班香
拴搐豔段／拴搐艳段
搖豔／摇艳
摘豔薰香／摘艳薰香
摛豔／摛艳
明豔／明艳 (míngyàn)
明豔動人／明艳动人
晚豔／晚艳
殊豔尤態／殊艳尤态
浮豔／浮艳
淒豔／凄艳
溫香豔玉／温香艳玉
濃妝豔抹／浓妆艳抹 (nóngzhuāngyànmǒ)
濃妝豔服／浓妆艳服
濃妝豔裹／浓妆艳裹
濃妝豔飾／浓妆艳饰

濃桃豔李／浓桃艳李
濃豔／浓艳 (nóngyàn)
爭奇鬥豔／争奇斗艳
爭妍鬥豔／争妍斗艳 (zhēngyándòuyàn)
爭豔／争艳
獵豔／猎艳 (lièyàn)
班香宋豔／班香宋艳
穠豔／秾艳
紅豔豔／红艳艳 (hóngyànyàn)
美豔／美艳 (měiyàn)
色豔桃李／色艳桃李
花根本豔／花根本艳
豔冠群芳／艳冠群芳
豔冶／艳冶 (yànyě)
豔史／艳史
豔如桃李／艳如桃李
豔妝／艳妆 (yànzhuāng)
豔姿／艳姿
豔射／艳射
豔情／艳情 (yànqíng)
豔星／艳星
豔歌／艳歌 (yàngē)
豔段／艳段
豔福／艳福 (yànfú)
豔紅／艳红 (yànhóng)

豔絕／艳绝
豔絕一時／艳绝一时
豔美／艳美 (yànměi)
豔美無敵／艳美无敌
豔美絕俗／艳美绝俗
豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn)
豔色／艳色
豔色絕世／艳色绝世
豔色耀目／艳色耀目
豔詩／艳诗 (yànshī)
豔豔／艳艳
豔遇／艳遇 (yànyù)
豔陽／艳阳 (yànyáng)
豔陽天／艳阳天 (yànyángtiān)
豔陽高照／艳阳高照
豔骨／艳骨
豔麗／艳丽 (yànlì)
豔麗奪目／艳丽夺目
霞光豔豔／霞光艳艳
香豔／香艳 (xiāngyàn)
驚才絕豔／惊才绝艳
驚豔／惊艳 (jīngyàn)
鬥豔爭芳／斗艳争芳
鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)
鮮豔奪目／鲜艳夺目

Japanese

Kanji

豔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Alternative form of 艷, which is the kyūjitai form of 艶

Readings

Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)}^{←えむ (emu, ancient)}
Kun: あでやか (adeyaka, 豔やか); つや (tsuya, 豔); つやめく (tsuyameku, 豔めく); なまめかしい (namamekashii, 豔かしい); なまめく (namameku, 豔めく)
Nanori: おお (ō)^{←おほ (ofo, historical)}; もろ (moro); よし (yoshi)

Vietnamese

Han character

豔: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm

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References

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