弇

弇 U+5F07, 弇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F07 ← 弆 [U+5F06] CJK Unified Ideographs 弈 → [U+5F08]

Translingual

Han character

弇 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口廿 (ORT), four-corner 8044₆, composition ⿱合廾)

1. cover over, hide
2. narrow-necked

Derived characters

• 啽 媕 揜 渰 鞥 黭 葊 𡹮 𢜰 𣉂 𦝡 𧍬 𥚫 𧩸 𠝢 𩀂 𪂻 𭫃 𮅫 𮪓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9610
• Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 516, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5F07

Chinese

simp. and trad.		弇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弇
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
弇	*kɯːm, *qramʔ
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	*qaːmʔ, *qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	*qɯːŋ, *qɯːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn, yān (yan³, yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kom, 'jemX

Rime
Character	弇	弇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古南切	衣儉切
Baxter	kom	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌm/	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kəm/	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒm/	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəm/	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/kᴀm/	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/kɒm/	/ĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăm/	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːm/, /*qramʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弇	弇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14364	14371
Phonetic component	弇	弇
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	弇	奄
Old Chinese	/*kɯːm/	/*qramʔ/

Definitions

弇

1. (literary) to cover over; to hide
2. (literary) to adopt; to follow
3. (literary) narrow-necked
4. (literary) deep

Compounds

• 侈弇
• 弇中
• 弇山
• 弇茲／弇兹
• 弇陋

 

Japanese

Kanji

弇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cover over
2. hide
3. narrow-necked

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); かん (kan); こん (kon); だん (dan); なん (nan)
• Kun: おおう (ōu)

Korean

Hanja

弇 (eum 감 (gam))

1. cover over, hide
2. narrow-necked

Vietnamese

Han character

弇: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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References

• Nom Foundation