黭

黭	U+9EED, 黭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EED

← 黬
[U+9EEC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

黮 →
[U+9EEE]

Translingual

Han character

黭 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火人口廿 (WFORT), four-corner 6834₆, composition ⿰黑弇)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48151
Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4753, character 13
Unihan data for U+9EED

Chinese

trad.		黭
simp. ^#		黭
alternative forms		𪒈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
弇	kɯːm, qramʔ
媕	quːm, qromʔ, qɯːm, qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	qaːmʔ, qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	qɯːŋ, qɯːb

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am² / jim²

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: am² / jim²
  - Yale: ám / yím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am² / jim²
  - Guangdong Romanization: em² / yim²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵/, /jiːm³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Middle Chinese: 'omX

Rime
Character	黭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏感切
Baxter	'omX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm^X/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm^X/
Wang Li	/ɒm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔăm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黭
Reading #	1/1
No.	14366
Phonetic component	弇
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晻
Old Chinese	/*qɯːmʔ/

Definitions

黭

(archaic) black; dark
(archaic) ignorant; unenlightened
alternative form of 奄 (suddenly; abruptly)

Compounds

黭淺 / 黭浅
黭然
黭黮

Japanese

Kanji

黭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、あん (an)、おん (on)
Kun: あおぐろい (aoguroi, 黭い)