郾

郾 U+90FE, 郾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90FE ← 都 [U+90FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 郿 → [U+90FF]

Translingual

Han character

郾 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸女弓中 (SVNL), four-corner 7772₇, composition ⿰匽阝)

1. county in Henan province

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1274, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39513
• Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 14
• Unihan data for U+90FE

Chinese

trad.		郾
simp. #		郾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 郾
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
堰	*qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽	*qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘	*qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	*qanʔ, *qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	*qanʔ, *qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qanʔ, *qans) : phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ) + semantic 邑 (“town; land”).

"Alternative form of 燕 (Yān)"

Attested in bronze-script inscriptions in archaeological findings. Not used in classical texts.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn, yān (yan³, yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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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/

Note: yǎn - normal pronunciation.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jonX, 'jonH

Rime
Character	郾	郾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於幰切	於建切
Baxter	'jonX	'jonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐnX/	/ʔɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨanX/	/ʔɨanH/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐnX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Wang Li	/ĭɐnX/	/ĭɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/	/ʔɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin2	jin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/, /*qans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郾	郾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14385	14394
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	偃	堰
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/	/*qans/

Definitions

郾

1. (historical) Yan (historical town in Yingchuan Commandery [潁川郡])
2. (historical) Alternative form of 燕 (“Yan, historical Chinese state and kingdom”)

Compounds

• 郾城 (Yǎnchéng)
• 郾城之戰／郾城之战

 

Japanese

Kanji

郾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); おん (on)