琰

琰	U+7430, 琰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7430

← 琯
[U+742F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

琱 →
[U+7431]

Translingual

Han character

琰 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土火火 (MGFF), four-corner 1918₉, composition ⿰𤣩炎)

jewel, gem
glitter of gems
unisex personal name

Derived characters

𦼓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21073
Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 8
Unihan data for U+7430

Chinese

trad.		琰
simp. ^#		琰
alternative forms		𣨬𤥎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
倓	l'oːmʔ, l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	l̥ʰaːm, l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	l̥ʰaːmʔ, l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	l̥ʰaːms, hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	l'aːm, l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	l'aːm, l'aːmʔ, l'aːms, lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	l'aːmʔ, l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	ɦljamʔ, lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lamʔ): semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): iēng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám

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: jim⁵
  - Yale: yíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám
  - Tâi-lô: iám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: yemX

Rime
Character	琰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以冉切
Baxter	yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/jæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiam^X/
Li Rong	/iɛm^X/
Wang Li	/jĭɛm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琰
Reading #	1/1
No.	14316
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*lamʔ/

Definitions

琰

(literary) pointed jade tablet
(literary) fine jade

Compounds

琰圭
琰琰
琬琰 (wǎnyǎn)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02630

Japanese

Kanji

琰

(Hyōgai kanji)

jewel
gem
glitter of gems

Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)

Korean

Hanja

琰 (eum 염 (yeom))

name of a beautiful jade

Vietnamese

Han character

琰: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm, dặm

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