沿

Due to Han unification, different forms of the character are given the same codepoint. In simplified Chinese, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Chữ Nôm, the upper right component is written 𠘧/几 to give 沿, which is the form found in the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan), the upper right component is written 儿 to give 沿. In Japanese shinjitai, the upper right component is written 八 to give 沿.

沿 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水金口 (ECR) or 水竹弓口 (EHNR), four-corner 3816₀, composition ⿰氵⿱𠘧口(GKV) or ⿰氵⿱儿口(HT) or ⿰氵㕣(J))

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17260
• Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1590, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6CBF

• Unihan data for U+2F8FC

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lon): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 㕣 (OC *lon). The character originally referred to the edge of a river, and by extension, it came to represent the idea of "following along" or "accompanying."^[1]

The same word as 緣 (OC *lon, “to go along”). Cognate with 緣 (OC *lons, “hem; border on garment”), which is the exopassive of 沿 (OC *lon) (literally "what is followed/follows") (Schuessler, 2007).

Possibly related to Proto-Tai, compare Thai เลียน (liian, “to mimic”), or from Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo zeelᴸ (“to walk along, a road along a hillside”) and Jingpho mə³¹-jan³³ (“flow along a cliff”) (Schuessler, 2007); nevertheless, Schuessler finds Middle Chinese descendant's rounded element difficult to reconcile phonologically with these items and proposes also a derivation from 由 (OC *lɯw).

沿

1. to follow a course, go along

   See also: 沿著／沿着

2. to continue or hand down

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 沿)

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: そう (sou, 沿う, Jōyō)^{←そふ (sofu, 沿ふ, historical)}、ぞい (zoi, 沿い)

From Middle Chinese 沿 (MC ywen).

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

沿(えん) • (en) 

1. follow; go along

• 沿(えん)岸(がん) (engan): coast, shore

From Middle Chinese 沿 (MC ywen).

• (to follow a course; to continue):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [연]
• (in 연혁 (沿革, yeonhyeok)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jɘ(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [연(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource

沿 (eumhun 물 따라갈 연 (mul ttaragal yeon))

1. hanja form^? of 연 (“to follow a course”)
2. hanja form^? of 연 (“to continue”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

沿: Hán Nôm readings: duyên, diềm

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