唌

唌 U+550C, 唌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550C ← 唋 [U+550B] CJK Unified Ideographs 唍 → [U+550D]

Translingual

Han character

唌 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口弓大一 (RNKM), four-corner 6203₁, composition ⿰口延)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3704
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 631, character 3
• Unihan data for U+550C
• International Encoded Han Character and Variants Database

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 唌 – see 誕 (“to be born; birth; birthday; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 誕).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 唌 – see 涎 (“saliva; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 涎).

Etymology 3

trad.		唌
simp. #		唌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dan

Rime
Character	唌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒干切
Baxter	dan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dan/
Li Rong	/dɑn/
Wang Li	/dɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唌
Reading #	1/1
No.	14242
Phonetic component	延
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	壇
Old Chinese	/*l'aːn/

Definitions

唌

1. speech with sighing

Etymology 4

trad.		唌
simp. #		唌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

Definitions

唌

1. slander, calumny
2. anxious appearance

Etymology 5

trad.		唌
simp. #		唌
alternative forms		眩 饗 城 邪 炫 眩 饗 城 邪 炫 衒 涎 餳／饧 贏／赢

Possibly from 涎 (OC *ljan).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nan'an, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siã¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Nan'an, Jinjiang, Taipei): /siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã²³/

Verb

唌

1. (Southern Min) to decoy; to allure; to attract

   Synonym: 引誘／引诱

   用米共雞仔唌過來 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   用米共鸡仔唌过来 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   ēng bí kā ke-á siâⁿ--kòe-lâi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to allure the chickens with rice

   • 2015, 許明傑 (lyrics and music), “唉呦我的媽”‎^[1]performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:

     用性感的正妹直直甲阮衒 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     iōng sèng-kám ê "zhèngmèi" ti̍t-ti̍t kā gún siâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     They [the people on television] keep on alluring me with sexy pretty girls

Usage notes

• The use of 唌, a phonetic loan character, is recommended by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. Various other characters have been used by different dictionaries.

Compounds

• 唌人

 

References

• “唌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #7012”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “眩”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[3], volume 1 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 627
• 楊允言 (Iûⁿ Ún-giân), 鄭良偉 (Tēⁿ Liông-úi) et al., editors (2002), “Query for 餳”, in Tw-Ch台文中文辭典 [Taiwanese–Mandarin Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin).
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “饗”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 521.

Japanese

Kanji

唌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); ぜん (zen); たん (tan); だん (dan); えん (en)
• Kun: なげく (nageku, 唌く)

Korean

Hanja

唌 • (yeon, dan) (hangeul 연, 단, revised yeon, dan, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, tan)

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