鹽

See also: 塩 and 盐

Translingual

shinjitai	塩
simplified	盐
traditional	鹽

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 監 + semantic 鹵

Han character

鹽 (radical 197 鹵+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 尸田月廿 (SWBT), four-corner 7810₇)

Descendants

• 塩 盐

See also

• 鹹

References

• KangXi: page 1508, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47579
• Dae Jaweon: page 2036, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2574, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9E7D

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Chinese

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trad.		鹽
simp.		盐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yàm
• Min Nan (POJ): iâm
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhie (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yen²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴
    • Yale: yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàm
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /jam¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâm
    • Tâi-lô: iâm
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhie (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦiᴇ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鹽, reconstructed)
Character (鹽), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 余廉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiᴇm/	/i̯ɛm/	/iɛm/	/jiɛm/	/jiam/	/jĭɛm/	/jæm/
Character (鹽), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 以贍切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiᴇmH/	/i̯ɛmH/	/iɛmH/	/jiɛmH/	/jiamH/	/jĭɛmH/	/jæmH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (鹽, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
鹽								yán								‹ yem ›								/*[ɢr][o]m/								salt (n.)
鹽								yàn								‹ yemH ›								/*[ɢr][o]m-s/								salt (v.)
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
鹽					6116					監					談					1					鹽					/*ɡ·lam/
鹽					6117					監					談					1					豔					/*ɡ·lams/

Noun

鹽

1. salt

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Japanese

Kanji

鹽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 塩)

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Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: しお (shio)

Noun

鹽 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 塩, hiragana しお, romaji shio, historical hiragana しほ)

1. salt

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Korean

Hanja

鹽 (yeom)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 염 (McCune-Reischauer: yŏm, Yale: yem)

• Name (hangeul): 소금 염()

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Vietnamese

Han character

鹽 (diêm)

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