黤

黤 U+9EE4, 黤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EE4 ← 黣 [U+9EE3] CJK Unified Ideographs 黥 → [U+9EE5]

Translingual

Han character

黤 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+8, 20 strokes, cangjie input 田火大中山 (WFKLU), four-corner 6431₆, composition ⿰黑奄)

1. blue-black

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1520, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48117
• Dae Jaweon: page 2055, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4750, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9EE4

Chinese

trad.		黤
simp. #		黤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黤
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• 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/
• 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: 'omX, 'aemX

Rime
Character	黤	黤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	銜 (149)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	烏感切	於檻切
Baxter	'omX	'aemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌmX/	/ʔˠamX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəmX/	/ʔᵚamX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒmX/	/ʔamX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəmX/	/ʔaɨmX/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀmX/	/ʔamX/
Wang Li	/ɒmX/	/amX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔămX/	/ʔamX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am2	aam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːmʔ/, /*qraːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黤	黤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14334	14337
Phonetic component	奄	奄
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	晻	黤
Old Chinese	/*qoːmʔ/	/*qraːmʔ/

Definitions

黤

1. (archaic) blue-black

Compounds

• 黤黮 (yǎntǎn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

黤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. blue-black

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en); あん (an); おん (on)
• Kun: あおぐろい (aoguroi, 黤い)

Korean

Hanja

黤 (eum 암 (am))

1. blue-black
2. dimness
3. all of a sudden
4. suddenly