㺦

Translingual

Han character

㺦 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大竹尸十廿 (KHSJT), composition ⿰犭聯)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 721, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1377, character 1
• Unihan data for U+3EA6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		㺦
alternative forms		𤣆 𤣈 𤡨

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 聯 (OC *ɡ·ron).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴
    • Yale: lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljen, trhin, drean

Rime
Character	㺦	㺦	㺦
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	徹 (10)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	眞 (44)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	力延切	丑人切	直閑切
Baxter	ljen	trhin	drean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/	/ʈʰˠiɪn/	/ɖˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/	/ʈʰᵚin/	/ɖᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/	/ȶʰien/	/ȡæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/	/ʈʰjin/	/ɖəɨn/
Li Rong	/liɛn/	/ȶʰjĕn/	/ȡɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/	/ȶʰǐĕn/	/ȡæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/	/ȶʰi̯ĕn/	/ȡʱăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	chēn	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin4	can1	caan4

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 㺦

1. Used in 㺦猭.
2. (of a dog) in heat