菴

See also: 庵

菴 U+83F4, 菴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83F4 ← 菳 [U+83F3] CJK Unified Ideographs 菵 → [U+83F5]

Translingual

Han character

菴 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿大中山 (TKLU), four-corner 4471₆, composition ⿱艹奄)

Derived characters

• 𭊭, 𣚖, 𤎣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1039, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31227
• Dae Jaweon: page 1498, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3231, character 13
• Unihan data for U+83F4

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 菴 – see 庵 (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; monastery or nunnery; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 庵).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		菴
alternative forms		葊 ancient

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jem

Rime
Character	菴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	央炎切
Baxter	'jem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiam/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛm/
Wang Li	/ĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrom/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菴
Reading #	2/2
No.	14340
Phonetic component	奄
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	淹
Old Chinese	/*qrom/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

菴

1. Only used in 菴藹／菴蔼.

Japanese

Kanji

菴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hermitage

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)^{←おん (on, historical)←おむ (omu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: あん (an)^{←あん (an, historical)←あむ (amu, ancient)}
• Kun: いおり (iori, 菴)^{←いほり (ifori, 菴, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

菴 (eum 암 (am))

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Vietnamese

Han character

菴: Hán Nôm readings: am

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