妟

Translingual

Han character

妟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日女 (AV) or 難日女 (XAV), composition ⿱日女)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6099
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1031, character 2
• Unihan data for U+599F

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Chinese

trad.		妟
simp. #		妟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妟
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aan³ / ngaan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aan³ / ngaan³
    • Yale: aan / ngaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aan³ / ngaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: an³ / ngan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːn³³/, /ŋaːn³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 妟

1. bright and clear sunrise

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

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Japanese

Kanji

妟

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to be at ease
2. clear and balmy

Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an), えん (en)
• Kun: やすらか (yasuraka), やすめる (yasumeru)