琰

琰 U+7430, 琰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7430 ← 琯 [U+742F] CJK Unified Ideographs 琱 → [U+7431]

Translingual

Han character

琰 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土火火 (MGFF), four-corner 1918₉, composition ⿰𤣩炎)

1. jewel, gem
2. glitter of gems
3. unisex personal name

Derived characters

• 𦼓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 735, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21073
• Dae Jaweon: page 1147, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1123, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7430

Chinese

trad.		琰
simp. #		琰
alternative forms		𣨬 𤥎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
倓	*l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms
緂	*l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam
毯	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
菼	*l̥ʰaːmʔ
裧	*l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams
賧	*l̥ʰaːms
睒	*l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ
舕	*l̥ʰaːms
談	*l'aːm
郯	*l'aːm
惔	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
錟	*l'aːm
淡	*l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ
痰	*l'aːm
餤	*l'aːm
啖	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
腅	*l'aːms
剡	*ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ
覢	*hljamʔ
掞	*hljams
炎	*ɦlam
琰	*lamʔ
棪	*lamʔ
扊	*lamʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lamʔ) : semantic 𤣩 + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): iēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁵
    • Yale: yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yemX

Rime
Character	琰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以冉切
Baxter	yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamX/
Li Rong	/iɛmX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琰
Reading #	1/1
No.	14316
Phonetic component	炎
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	琰
Old Chinese	/*lamʔ/

Definitions

琰

1. (literary) pointed jade tablet
2. (literary) fine jade

Compounds

• 琰圭
• 琰琰
• 琬琰 (wǎnyǎn)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02630

Japanese

Kanji

琰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. jewel
2. gem
3. glitter of gems

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)

Korean

Hanja

琰 (eum 염 (yeom))

1. name of a beautiful jade

Vietnamese

Han character

琰: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm, dặm

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