See also:
U+9B58, 魘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B58

[U+9B57]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9B59]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一大竹戈 (MKHI), four-corner 71213, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1463, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45941
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1997, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4438, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9B58

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qemʔ, *qeb): phonetic (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic (devil).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (153) (155)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiemX 'jiep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇmX/ /ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛmX/ /ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjæmX/ /ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiamX/ /ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛmX/ /ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛmX/ /ĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛmX/ /ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǎn ye
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim2 jip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14423 14433
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qemʔ/ /*qeb/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a nightmare; bad dream
  2. used in 夢魘梦魇 (mèngyǎn, “a nightmare; bad dream”)

Compounds

  • 夢魘 / 梦魇 (mèngyǎn)
  • 狐媚魘道 / 狐媚魇道
  • 魘寐 / 魇寐
  • 魘樣 / 魇样
  • 魘禳 / 魇禳
  • 魘魅 / 魇魅
  • 魘魔法 / 魇魔法

References

  • ”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 276.
  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 771.

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. To have a nightmare
  2. To make a noise during a nightmare

Readings

  • On (unclassified): えん (en)よう ()
  • Kun: おそわれる (osowareru)おそう (osō)うなされる (unasareru)

Korean

Hanja

• (yeom) (hangeul , revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yểm

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