延

延 U+5EF6, 延 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EF6 ← 廵 [U+5EF5] CJK Unified Ideographs 廷 → [U+5EF7]

Translingual

Han character

延 (radical 54 廴+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓大竹卜一 (NKHYM) or 弓大竹卜女 (NKHYV), four-corner 1240₁, composition ⿺廴⿱丿止)

Derived characters

• 誕 (诞)

References

• KangXi: page 352, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9569
• Dae Jaweon: page 666, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 404, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5EF6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		延

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (延) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
唌	*l'aːn
誕	*l'aːnʔ
蜑	*l'aːnʔ
蛋	*l'aːns
硟	*slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎	*ljan, *lans
脠	*l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴	*l̥ʰan
鋋	*ɦljan, *lan
埏	*hljan, *lan
挻	*hljan
鯅	*hljan
延	*lan, *lans
筵	*lan
蜒	*lan
狿	*lan, *lans
郔	*lan
綖	*lan
莚	*lan, *lans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lan, *lans): phonetic 丿 (OC *pʰleːd, *leds) + semantic 㢟.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn / yàn
• Min Dong (BUC): iòng
• Min Nan (POJ): iân / chhiân
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yen²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan²
    • IPA: /i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan²
    • IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng
    • IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân
    • Tâi-lô: iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiân
    • Tâi-lô: tshiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/

Note:

• iân - literary;
• chhiân - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇn/, /t͡ɕiᴇŋ/, /jiᴇn^H/▼

Rime
Character	延	延	延
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	章 (23)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	清 (121)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	以然切	諸盈切	于線切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇn/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ/	/jiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛn/	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/jiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæn/	/t͡ɕiæŋ/	/jænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jian/	/ciajŋ/	/jianH/
Li Rong	/iɛn/	/t͡ɕiɛŋ/	/iɛnH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛn/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ/	/jĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛn/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ/	/i̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	zhēng	yàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*la[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lan/, /*lans/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	延
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán
Middle Chinese	‹ yen ›
Old Chinese	/*la[n]/
English	extend
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	延	延
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14256	14267
Phonetic component	延	延
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	延
Old Chinese	/*lan/	/*lans/

Definitions

延

1. to prolong
2. to stretch; to extend
3. to engage; to send for
4. to delay; to postpone; to defer

Compounds

Derived terms from 延

• 不周延
• 俄延 (éyán)
• 半霎俄延
• 卻病延年／却病延年
• 周延
• 外延
• 太延
• 夷延
• 宛延
• 居延海
• 展延
• 延企
• 延伸 (yánshēn)
• 延佇／延伫
• 延命菊 (yánmìngjú)
• 延地裡／延地里
• 延壽／延寿
• 延壽添嗣／延寿添嗣
• 延宕
• 延展性 (yánzhǎnxìng)
• 延屬／延属
• 延師／延师
• 延平郡王
• 延年
• 延年益壽／延年益寿
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延性 (yánxìng)
• 延挨
• 延接
• 延擱／延搁 (yángē)
• 延攬／延揽 (yánlǎn)

• 延敵／延敌
• 延會／延会
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延款
• 延滯／延滞
• 延燒／延烧
• 延眺
• 延納／延纳
• 延線／延线
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 延聘 (yánpìn)
• 延腦／延脑
• 延蔓
• 延袤
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延請／延请
• 延譽／延誉
• 延賓／延宾
• 延退
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 延邊／延边 (Yánbiān)
• 延醫／延医 (yányī)
• 延釐
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng)
• 延長線／延长线 (yánchángxiàn)
• 延長記號／延长记号
• 延長賽／延长赛
• 延閣／延阁
• 延陵
• 延陵掛劍／延陵挂剑

• 延頸／延颈
• 延頸企踵／延颈企踵
• 延頸待刃／延颈待刃
• 延頸舉踵／延颈举踵
• 延首
• 延髓 (yánsuǐ)
• 延齡客／延龄客
• 慢俄延
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 挨延
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 曼延
• 松鶴延年／松鹤延年
• 益壽延年／益寿延年
• 祝壽延年／祝寿延年
• 稽延
• 結交延譽／结交延誉
• 綿延／绵延 (miányán)
• 綿延不絕／绵延不绝
• 綿延起伏／绵延起伏
• 罵毛延壽／骂毛延寿
• 美意延年
• 耽延
• 苟延殘喘／苟延残喘
• 苟延殘息／苟延残息
• 蔓延 (mànyán)
• 薛延陀
• 連延／连延
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遷延／迁延
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

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Japanese

Kanji

延

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. extend, lengthen
2. prolong
3. postpone

Readings

• Goon: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: のびる (nobiru, 延びる, Jōyō); のばす (nobasu, 延ばす, Jōyō); のべる (noberu, 延べる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

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Korean

Hanja

延 • (yeon)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 연 (revised: yeon, McCune-Reischauer: yŏn)
  • Name (hangeul): 늘이다

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Compounds

* 延命 (연명, yeon-myeong): Life Extention
* 遲延 (지연, ji-yeon): delay

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Vietnamese

Han character

延 (dang, dan, diên)

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