嫣

嫣 U+5AE3, 嫣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE3 ← 嫢 [U+5AE2] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫤 → [U+5AE4]

Translingual

Han character

嫣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 女一卜火 (VMYF), four-corner 4142₇, composition ⿰女焉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6659
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1079, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5AE3

Chinese

trad.		嫣
simp. #		嫣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嫣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
嘕	*qʰran
嫣	*qʰran, *qran, *qranʔ, *qans
焉	*qran, *ɢan, *qan
鄢	*qran, *qanʔ, *qans
蔫	*qran, *qan
漹	*ɢan, *qans
傿	*qans

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
    • Tâi-lô: ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjien, 'jen, 'jenX, 'jonH

Rime
Character	嫣	嫣	嫣	嫣
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	影 (34)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (79)	仙 (79)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	許延切	於乾切	於蹇切	於建切
Baxter	xjien	'jen	'jenX	'jonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiᴇn/	/ʔˠiᴇn/	/ʔˠiᴇnX/	/ʔɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɛn/	/ʔᵚiɛn/	/ʔᵚiɛnX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/xjæn/	/ʔiæn/	/ʔiænX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hian/	/ʔian/	/ʔianX/	/ʔɨanH/
Li Rong	/xiɛn/	/ʔjɛn/	/ʔjɛnX/	/ʔiɐnH/
Wang Li	/xĭɛn/	/ĭɛn/	/ĭɛnX/	/ĭɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛn/	/ʔi̯ɛn/	/ʔi̯ɛnX/	/ʔɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān	yān	yǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1	jin1	jin2	jin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰran/, /*qran/, /*qranʔ/, /*qans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫣	嫣	嫣	嫣
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	14226	14229	14231	14240
Phonetic component	焉	焉	焉	焉
Rime group	元	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	嘕	焉	㫃	堰
Old Chinese	/*qʰran/	/*qran/	/*qranʔ/	/*qans/

Definitions

嫣

1. (of appearance) beautiful

Compounds

• 奼紫嫣紅 / 姹紫嫣红 (chàzǐyānhóng)
• 嫣然 (yānrán)
• 嫣然一笑
• 嫣紅 / 嫣红 (yānhóng)
• 蟬嫣 / 蝉嫣

Etymology 2

trad.		嫣
simp. #		嫣
alternative forms		煙／烟 緣／缘

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
    • Tâi-lô: ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/

Definitions

嫣 (Hokkien)

1. (in compounds) fresh

Compounds

• 嫣投
• 嫣水
• 嫣頭 / 嫣头
• 新嫣

Japanese

Kanji

嫣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beautiful
2. beauty

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)

Korean

Hanja

嫣 (eum 언 (eon))

1. beautiful, beauty

Vietnamese

Han character

嫣: Hán Nôm readings: yên

1. beautiful

References

• Nom Foundation