嬮

嬮	U+5B2E, 嬮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2E

← 嬭
[U+5B2D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嬯 →
[U+5B2F]

Translingual

Han character

嬮 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大女 (MKV), four-corner 7140₄, composition ⿸厭女)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6825
Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 6
Unihan data for U+5B2E

Chinese

trad.		嬮
simp.		𰋽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
猒	qem, qems
懕	*qem
饜	qem, qems
嬮	qem, qems, *qeb
厭	qemʔ, qems, *qeb
黶	*qemʔ
檿	*qemʔ
魘	qemʔ, qeb
厴	*qemʔ
擪	qemʔ, qeb
壓	*qreːb
靨	*qeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qem, *qems, *qeb): phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 女 (“female”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹

Mandarin
- (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: jim¹
  - Yale: yīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jiem

Rime
Character	嬮
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	一鹽切
Baxter	'jiem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiam/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛm/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬮
Reading #	1/3
No.	14419
Phonetic component	猒
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	懕
Old Chinese	/*qem/

Definitions

嬮

fine; good
calm; tranquil

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴
  - Yale: yàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jim³
  - Yale: yim
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jiemH

Rime
Character	嬮
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於豔切
Baxter	'jiemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiam^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛm^H/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qems/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬮
Reading #	2/3
No.	14429
Phonetic component	猒
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	厭
Old Chinese	/*qems/

Definitions

嬮

only used in 嬮嬱／𰋽嬱 (“beauty”)

References

“嬮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嬮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、えふ (efu)
Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)