延

Translingual

Han character

延 (Kangxi radical 54, 廴+4, 6 strokes in Chinese, 8 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓大竹卜一 (NKHYM) or 弓大竹卜女 (NKHYV), four-corner 1240₁, composition ⿺廴⿳丿⺊𠃊(GK) or ⿺廴⿱丿止(HTJ) or ⿺廴⿳一⺊𠃊(V) or ⿺廴⿱⿰丅一𠃊(V))

Derived characters

• 誕 (诞)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		延
simp. #		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／形声, OC *lan, *lans) : phonetic 丿 (OC *pʰleːd, *leds) + semantic 㢟.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 延

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

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Japanese

Kanji

延

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←えん (en, historical)←𛀁ん (yen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)^{←えん (en, historical)←𛀁ん (yen, ancient)}
• 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)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
延
えん Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 延 (MC yen|yenH).

Affix

延(えん) • (en) 

1. extend, lengthen
2. prolong
3. postpone

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Korean

Hanja

延 (eumhun 늘일 연 (neuril yeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 연 (“to stretch; to extend; to lengthen”).

Compounds

• 延命 (연명, yeon-myeong): life extension
• 遲延 (지연, ji-yeon): delay

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 延 (Diên)

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