黯

黯

黯 U+9EEF, 黯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EEF ← 黮 [U+9EEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 黰 → [U+9EF0]

Translingual

Han character

黯 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜廿日 (WFYTA), four-corner 6036₁, composition ⿰黑音)

1. dark, black
2. sullen, dreary

References

• KangXi: page 1521, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48159
• Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4753, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9EEF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		黯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
諳	*qɯːm
腤	*qɯːm
嬜	*qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm
喑	*qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms
揞	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms
隌	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm
罯	*qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb
暗	*qɯːms
闇	*qɯːms
黯	*qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ
歆	*qʰrɯm
愔	*qɯm
韾	*qɯm
音	*qrɯm
瘖	*qrɯm
窨	*qrɯms
湆	*kʰrɯb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àn (an⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): am², am³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): am²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): am⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): am³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴
    • Yale: àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: am², am³
    • Yale: ám, am
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am², am³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em², em³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵/, /ɐm³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: am²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: am⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /am⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ám
    • Tâi-lô: ám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: am³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠɛm/, /ʔˠɛm^X/

Rime
Character	黯	黯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	乙咸切	乙減切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛm/	/ʔˠɛmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæm/	/ʔᵚæmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐm/	/ʔɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨm/	/ʔəɨmX/
Li Rong	/ʔɐm/	/ʔɐmX/
Wang Li	/ɐm/	/ɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔăm/	/ʔămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aam1	aam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːm/, /*qrɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黯	黯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15216	15217
Phonetic component	音	音
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤟟	黯
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːm/	/*qrɯːmʔ/

Definitions

黯

1. dim, dark

Compounds

汲黯 黝黯 黯淡 黯然 (ànrán) 黯然失色 (ànránshīsè)

黯黑 (ànhēi) 黯黮 黯黯 昏黯黲／昏黯黪 黯慘／黯惨

黯淡無光／黯淡无光 黯然無色／黯然无色 黯然神傷／黯然神伤 (ànránshénshāng) 黯然銷魂／黯然销魂

References

• “黯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

黯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. black
2. dark

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: あん (an)
• Kun: くらい (kurai, 黯い); くろい (kuroi)

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Korean

Hanja

黯 • (am) (hangeul 암, revised am, McCune–Reischauer am, Yale am)

1. dark, black
2. sullen, dreary

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Vietnamese

Han character

黯: Hán Nôm readings: ảm

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