延

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

延 (radical 54 廴+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓大竹卜一 (NKHYM) or 弓大竹卜女 (NKHYV), four-corner 1240₁, composition ⿺廴⿱丿止)

1. stretch, extend, delay, postpone, defer

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yen²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân
    • Tâi-lô: iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³/

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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

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Japanese

Kanji

延

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: のびる (nobiru), のばす (nobasu)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

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Korean

Hanja

延 • ‎(yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

延 (dang, dan, diên)

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