延

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 丿 + semantic 㢟

[edit] Han character

延 (radical 54 廴+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓大竹卜一 (NKHYM), 弓大竹卜女 (NKHYV), four-corner 1240₁)

1. stretch, extend, delay, postpone, defer

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 352, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9569
• Dae Jaweon: page 666, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 404, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5EF6

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

延 (Yale yin4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

延 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: のびる (nobiru), のばす (nobasu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

延 (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn)

• 延世大學校 (Yonsei University)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

延 (pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

延 (diên, dang, dan)