䲓

䲓 U+4C93, 䲓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4C93 ← 䲒 [U+4C92] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䲔 → [U+4C94]

Translingual

Han character

䲓 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 弓火人一人 (NFOMO), composition ⿰魚僉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1479, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4717, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4C93

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䲓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn, yán (yan³, yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢˊ

• 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjemX

Rime
Character	䲓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚檢切
Baxter	ngjemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiamX/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5

Definitions

䲓

1. a kind of fish
2. the mouth of a fish at the surface of the water, gasping for breath