郾

郾	U+90FE, 郾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90FE

← 都
[U+90FD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

郿 →
[U+90FF]

Translingual

Han character

郾 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸女弓中 (SVNL), four-corner 7772₇, composition ⿰匽阝)

county in Henan province

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1274, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39513
Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 14
Unihan data for U+90FE

Chinese

trad.		郾
simp. ^#		郾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 郾
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
堰	qrens, qanʔ, *qans
躽	qrens, qeːnʔ
宴	qeːnʔ, qeːns
蝘	qeːnʔ, qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	qanʔ, qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	qanʔ, qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qanʔ, *qans): phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ) + semantic 邑 (“town; land”).

"Alternative form of 燕 (Yān)": Attested in bronze-script inscriptions in archaeological findings. Not used in classical texts.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn, yān (yan³, yan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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/
- (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/

Note: yǎn - normal pronunciation.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin²
  - Yale: yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jonX, 'jonH

Rime
Character	郾	郾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於幰切	於建切
Baxter	'jonX	'jonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn^X/	/ʔɨɐn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔiɐn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔiɐn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan^X/	/ʔɨan^H/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn^X/	/ʔiɐn^H/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn^X/	/ĭɐn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn^X/	/ʔɨ̯ɐn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²	jin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/, /*qans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郾	郾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14385	14394
Phonetic component	妟	妟
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	偃	堰
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/	/*qans/

Definitions

郾

(historical) Yan (historical town in Yingchuan Commandery [潁川郡])
(historical) alternative form of 燕 (“Yan, historical Chinese state and kingdom”)

Compounds

郾城 (Yǎnchéng)
郾城之戰 / 郾城之战

Japanese

Kanji

郾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)