淫

See also: 婬

Translingual

Han character

淫 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹土 (EBHG), four-corner 3211₄, composition ⿰氵㸒)

1. obscene, licentious, lewd

References

• KangXi: page 631, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17678
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1654, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DEB

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		淫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn, yáo, yín (yan⁴, yao², yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ, ㄧㄠˊ, ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yen⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yin²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁴
    • Yale: yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâm
    • Tâi-lô: tâm
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (淫, reconstructed)
Character (淫), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 侵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 餘針切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪm/	/i̯əm/	/iəm/	/jim/	/jim/	/jĭĕm/	/jem/

Old Chinese pronunciation (淫, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
淫								yín								‹ yim ›								/*N.r[ə]m/								excess; licentious
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
淫					15291					淫					侵					1					淫					/*lɯm/

Definitions

淫

1. excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved

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Japanese

Kanji

淫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: いん (in)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu), ほしいまま (hoshiimama), みだら (midara)

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Korean

Hanja

淫 (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune-Reischauer ŭm, Yale um)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淫 (dâm, dầm, đầm, đẫm, đằm, giầm)

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