U+664F, 晏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-664F

[U+664E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6650]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 72, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日十女 (AJV), four-corner 60404, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13914
  • Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1509, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+664F

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qaːns, *qraːns) : semantic + phonetic (OC *qaːn).

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • òaⁿ - vernacular;
  • àn - literary.
Note:
  • uan3 - vernacular (late);
  • ang3 - literary.
Note:
  • 2e - vernacular;
  • 2i - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /iɛn⁵¹/
Harbin /ian⁵³/
Tianjin /ian⁵³/
Jinan /iã²¹/
Qingdao /iã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ian³¹²/
Xi'an /iã⁴⁴/
Xining /iã²¹³/
Yinchuan /ian¹³/
Lanzhou /iɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /ian²¹³/
Wuhan /iɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /ian¹³/
Guiyang /ian²¹³/
/ŋan²¹³/
Kunming /iɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /ien/
Hefei /iĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ie⁴⁵/
Pingyao
Hohhot /ie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /e³⁵/
/i³⁵/
Suzhou /iɪ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ʔẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /a⁴²/
Hui Shexian /ŋɛ³²⁴/
Tunxi /ŋɔ⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /ŋan⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ŋan⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ŋan⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ian⁵³/
Taoyuan /ʒen⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /an³³/
Nanning /an³³/
Hong Kong /an³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /an²¹/
/uã²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iɛŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /uiŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /aŋ²¹³/
/uã²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /aŋ³⁵/
/ua³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (61) (69)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter 'anH 'aenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑnH/ /ʔˠanH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑnH/ /ʔᵚanH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑnH/ /ʔɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔanH/ /ʔaɨnH/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑnH/ /ʔanH/
Wang
Li
/ɑnH/ /anH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑnH/ /ʔanH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
àn yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
on3 aan3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yàn yàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔænH › ‹ ʔenH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔˁ<r>a[n]-s/ /*ʔˁe[n]-s/
English peace, rest rest (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 19 20
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qaːns/ /*qraːns/

Definitions edit

  1. late; near the end of a period of time
  2. late in the day
      ―  yàn  ―  to get up late
    [Cantonese]  ―  aan3 zau3 [Jyutping]  ―  afternoon
    放工嗰時塞車搞到屋企 [Cantonese, trad.]
    放工嗰时塞车搞到屋企 [Cantonese, simp.]
    fong3 gung1 go2 si4 hou2 sak1 ce1, gaau2 dou3 hou2 aan3 sin1 faan1 dou3-2 uk1 kei2. [Jyutping]
    The traffic was quite bad when I left work, so I got home really late.
    天氣報告今日落雨 [Cantonese, trad.]
    天气报告今日落雨 [Cantonese, simp.]
    tin1 hei3 bou3 gou3 waa6 gam1 jat6 aan3 di1 wui5 lok6 jyu5 wo5. [Jyutping]
    The weather forecast said it'll rain later today.
  3. (Cantonese) lunch (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  sik6 aan3 [Jyutping]  ―  to have lunch
  4. sunny and cloudless
  5. peaceful; tranquil; serene
    河清海  ―  héqīng hǎiyàn  ―  the (Yellow) River is clear and the sea is calm; the world is peaceful and prosperous
  6. a surname

Synonyms edit

  • (late):
  • (lunch):

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. late
  2. quiet
  3. sets (sun)

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
あん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC 'anH|'aenH).

Affix edit

(あん) (an

  1. late (of time)
  2. peaceful; tranquil; calm; quiet

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(an) (hangeul , revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: yến

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