䉷

䉷 U+4277, 䉷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4277 ← 䉶 [U+4276] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䉸 → [U+4278]

Translingual

Han character

䉷 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+20, 26 strokes, cangjie input 竹口口大 (HRRK), four-corner 8824₈, composition ⿱𥫗嚴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 906, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3035, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4277

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䉷
alternative forms		厂 𥸂

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 嚴 (OC *ŋam).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴
    • Yale: yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjaem

Rime
Character	䉷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語𩏩切
Baxter	ngjaem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐm/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨam/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim4

Definitions

䉷

1. ^† object for hiding when shooting birds (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. ^† imperial garden