揞

揞 U+63DE, 揞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63DE ← 揝 [U+63DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 揟 → [U+63DF]

Translingual

Han character

揞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 手卜廿日 (QYTA), four-corner 5006₁, composition ⿰扌音)

Derived characters

• 𣚮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12361
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1923, character 7
• Unihan data for U+63DE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		揞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
諳	*qɯːm
腤	*qɯːm
嬜	*qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm
喑	*qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms
揞	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms
隌	*qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm
罯	*qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb
暗	*qɯːms
闇	*qɯːms
黯	*qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ
歆	*qʰrɯm
愔	*qɯm
韾	*qɯm
音	*qrɯm
瘖	*qrɯm
窨	*qrɯms
湆	*kʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 音 (OC *qrɯm).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ǎn (an³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngan³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am² / ngam²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): êm¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ám / àⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): an¹ / am²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
    • Wade–Giles: an³
    • Yale: ǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: am² / ngam²
    • Yale: ám / ngám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am² / ngam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: em² / ngem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵/, /ŋɐm³⁵/

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

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: êm¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɛm⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ám / àⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ám / ànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arm, vax
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /am⁵³/, /ã²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁵⁵⁴/, /ã⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁵³/, /ã²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /am⁵³/, /ã¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴¹/, /ã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: an¹ / am²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: aⁿ / ám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ã³³/, /am⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'omX, 'eamH

Rime
Character	揞	揞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	烏感切	於陷切
Baxter	'omX	'eamH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌmX/	/ʔˠɛmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəmX/	/ʔᵚæmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒmX/	/ʔɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəmX/	/ʔəɨmH/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀmX/	/ʔɐmH/
Wang Li	/ɒmX/	/ɐmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔămX/	/ʔămH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am2	aam3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːmʔ/, /*qrɯːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揞	揞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15210	15218
Phonetic component	音	音
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	晻	韽
Old Chinese	/*qɯːmʔ/	/*qrɯːms/

Definitions

揞

1. to cover with hands

   揞住個鼻／揞住个鼻 [Cantonese]  ―  am² zyu⁶ go³ bei⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to cover the nose

   用濕毛巾揞住口鼻 [Cantonese, trad.]
   用湿毛巾揞住口鼻 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jung⁶ sap¹ mou⁴ gan¹ am² zyu⁶ hau² bei⁶ [Jyutping]

   use a wet towel to cover the nose and mouth

   揞目 [Teochew]  ―  an¹ mag⁸ [Peng'im]  ―  cover the eyes

2. to apply medicine to a wound using fingers

Compounds

• 揞口費 / 揞口费
• 撲揞 / 扑揞

References

• “揞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 揞 – see 扲 (“to pull out; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 扲).

Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 音 (âm).

This character is essentially the same as its alternative form 𱠞, except that it uses the reduced form of the semantic component instead of its full form 手.

Han character

揞: Hán Việt readings: ám
揞: Nôm readings: ôm, ẵm, uôm

1. chữ Nôm form of ôm (“to embrace; to hug”)