龑

See also: 䶮

龑 U+9F91, 龑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F91 ← 龐 [U+9F90] CJK Unified Ideographs 龒 → [U+9F92]

Translingual

Han character

龑 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+4, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一大 (YPMK), four-corner 0843₂, composition ⿱龍天)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48827
• Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4804, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9F91

Chinese

trad.		龑
simp.		䶮

Etymology

Liu Yan's original name was 劉巖／刘岩 (liú yán). He changed 巖／岩 (yán) to 龑, a character he invented. The character refers to a saying in the I Ching, 飛龍在天 ("the flying dragon in the sky").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim², jim⁵

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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: jim², jim⁵
    • Yale: yím, yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim², jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim², yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/, /jiːm¹³/

Definitions

龑

1. The adopted personal name of Liu Yan (889–942).

References

• Hanyu Da Zidian (in Mandarin), Taiwan: Jianhong Publishers, 2007, →ISBN
• “龑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

龑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. high and bright

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: えん (en)

Usage notes

This kanji usage is extremely rare in Japanese. An example usage of this kanji is the use of the Chinese emperor name Liu Yan which can be read in Japanese as 劉龑(りゅうげん) (Ryū Gen).

Vietnamese

Han character

龑: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễm

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