殮

See also: 殓

殮 U+6BAE, 殮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BAE ← 殭 [U+6BAD] CJK Unified Ideographs 殯 → [U+6BAF]

殮 U+F9A5, 殮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A5 ← 捻 [U+F9A4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 簾 → [U+F9A6]

Translingual

Han character

殮 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一弓人一人 (MNOMO), four-corner 1828₆, composition ⿰歹僉)

1. to dress a corpse for burial

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 583, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16590
• Dae Jaweon: page 976, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1395, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6BAE

• Unihan data for U+F9A5

Chinese

trad.		殮
simp.		殓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵, lim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴
    • Yale: lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵, lim⁶
    • Yale: líhm, lihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵, lim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵, lim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³/, /liːm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljemH

Rime
Character	殮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力驗切
Baxter	ljemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liamH/
Li Rong	/liɛmH/
Wang Li	/lĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殮
Reading #	1/1
No.	10198
Phonetic component	僉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	殮
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rams/

Definitions

殮

to put a dead body into a coffin

Compounds

• 入殮／入殓 (rùliàn)
• 含殮／含殓
• 埋殮／埋殓
• 大殮／大殓 (dàliàn)
• 小殮／小殓
• 成殮／成殓
• 攢殮／攒殓
• 收殮／收殓 (shōuliàn)
• 棺殮／棺殓
• 殮房／殓房 (liànfáng)
• 殮殯／殓殡
• 殯殮／殡殓 (bìnliàn)
• 盛殮／盛殓
• 裝殮／装殓
• 送殮／送殓
• 閉殮／闭殓

 

Japanese

Kanji

殮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to encoffin

Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 殮める)

Compounds

• 殮葬(れんそう) (rensō, “encoffinment and burial”)

Korean

Hanja

殮 • (ryeom>yeom) (hangeul 렴>염, revised ryeom>yeom, McCune–Reischauer ryŏm>yŏm, Yale lyem>yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殮: Hán Nôm readings: liệm, liễm, lịm

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