苒

苒 U+82D2, 苒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D2 ← 苑 [U+82D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 苓 → [U+82D3]

Translingual

Han character

苒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月 (TGB), four-corner 4455₇, composition ⿱艹冉)

1. lush
2. successively, in order

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30776
• Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3191, character 4
• Unihan data for U+82D2

Chinese

trad.		苒
simp. #		苒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
那	*naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
挪	*naːl
娜	*naːlʔ
柟	*noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
抩	*noːm
聃	*n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
舑	*n̥ʰaːm, *njam
坍	*n̥ʰaːm
髯	*njam, *njams
蚺	*njam
呥	*njam
冉	*njam, *njamʔ
袡	*njam
苒	*njamʔ
姌	*njamʔ, *neːmʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎn (ran³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jan³
    • Yale: rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raan
    • Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁵
    • Yale: yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám
    • Tâi-lô: liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyemX

Rime
Character	苒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而琰切
Baxter	nyemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiamX/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛmX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苒
Reading #	1/1
No.	10785
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冉
Old Chinese	/*njamʔ/

Definitions

苒

1. luxuriant growth
2. passing (of time)
3. (Xiamen Hokkien) fruit preserve; jam (UK); jelly (US)

Synonyms

• (fruit preserve): 果醬／果酱 (guǒjiàng), 果子醬／果子酱 (guǒzijiàng); (Cantonese) 果占, 占 (zhān)

Compounds

• 苒弱
• 苒苒
• 苒荏 (rǎnrěn)
• 荏苒 (rěnrǎn)
• 韶光荏苒
• 風塵荏苒／风尘荏苒

 

Japanese

Kanji

苒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flourishing
2. luxuriant

Readings

• Go-on: ねん (nen)^{←ねむ (nemu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぜん (zen)^{←ぜむ (zemu, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

苒 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

1. lush
2. successively
3. in order

Vietnamese

Han character

苒: Hán Nôm readings: nhiễm

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