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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Pictograph of words emerging from a mouth ()

Han character [edit]

(radical 149 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜一一口 (YMMR), four-corner 00601)

  1. words, speech
  2. speak, say

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1146, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35205
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1612, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3936, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8A00

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale yin4)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ nyen5, Guangdong ngien2; nian2 [Meixian], ngen2 [Dongguan], nien2 [Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim ngian2)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised eon, eun, McCune-Reischauer ŏn, ŭn, Yale en, un)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen2)

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin yán)

  1. (literary) speech

Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*ngiæn, ŋǝn)


Min Nan [edit]

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, POJ giân)

  1. (literary) speech; talk

Derived terms [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(ngôn, ngỏn, ngộn, ngổn, ngồn, ngủn)