閹

閹

See also: 阉

閹 U+95B9, 閹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95B9 ← 閸 [U+95B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 閺 → [U+95BA]

Translingual

Han character

閹 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 7771₆, composition ⿵門奄)

1. castrate
2. eunuch

Derived characters

• 𤑷

References

• KangXi: page 1337, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
• Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 9
• Unihan data for U+95B9

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Chinese

trad.		閹
simp.		阉
alternative forms		奄

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

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâm
• Min Nan (POJ): iam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: iam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯am²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam
    • Tâi-lô: iam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiᴇm/, /ʔˠiᴇm^X/

Rime
Character	閹	閹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	央炎切	衣儉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇm/	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛm/	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæm/	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiam/	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛm/	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/	/ĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim1	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrom/, /*qromʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閹	閹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14339	14346
Phonetic component	奄	奄
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	淹	奄
Old Chinese	/*qrom/	/*qromʔ/

Definitions

閹

1. to castrate; to spay
2. castrated person; eunuch

Compounds

天閹／天阉 閹人／阉人 (yānrén) 閹割／阉割 (yāngē) 閹官／阉官 (yānguān)

閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn) 閹寺／阉寺 (yānsì) 閹然／阉然

閹豎／阉竖 (yānshù) 閹雞／阉鸡 (yānjī) 閹黨／阉党

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Japanese

Kanji

閹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. eunuch

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• 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: しもべ (shimobe, 閹); めしつかい (meshitsukai, 閹)^{←めしつかひ (mesitukafi, historical)}

Compounds

• 閹官(えんかん) (enkan)
• 閹人(えんじん) (enjin)

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Korean

Hanja

閹 (eum 엄 (eom))

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Vietnamese

Han character

閹: Hán Việt readings: yêm[1]

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References

1. Trần (2004).