釅

See also: 酽

釅 U+91C5, 釅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91C5 ← 釄 [U+91C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 釆 → [U+91C6]

Translingual

Han character

釅 (radical 164, 酉+20, 27 strokes, cangjie input 一田口口大 (MWRRK), four-corner 1664₈, composition ⿰酉嚴)

References

• KangXi: page 1289, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40109
• Dae Jaweon: page 1790, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3604, character 9
• Unihan data for U+91C5

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Chinese

trad.		釅
simp.		酽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撖	*kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	*l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	*kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	*qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms
譀	*qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	*ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋams): semantic 酉 (“alcoholic drink”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yen4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁶
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐm^H/

Rime
Character	釅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚欠切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨamH/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐmH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	釅
Reading #	1/1
No.	3696
Phonetic component	敢
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	釅
Old Chinese	/*ŋams/

Definitions

釅

1. (of beverage) thick; strong; concentrated
2. (of colour) dark

Compounds

• 清釅／清酽
• 釅茶／酽茶 (yànchá)

• 釅酒／酽酒

• 釅釅／酽酽

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Japanese

Kanji

釅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げん (gen)
• Kun: す (su); さけ (sake); こい (koi)

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Korean

Hanja

釅 (eum 염 (yeom))

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