演

See also: 縯

Translingual

Han character

演 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十一金 (EJMC) or 難水十一金 (XEJMC), four-corner 3318₆, composition ⿰氵寅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1730, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6F14

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		演
alternative forms		⿰氵㝉 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寅	*lil, *lin
蔩	*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔	*lil, *li
演	*lenʔ
縯	*lenʔ, *linʔ
戭	*lenʔ, *linʔ
夤	*lin
螾	*lin, *linʔ
濥	*linʔ, *lins
瞚	*hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lenʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 演

1. to develop; to evolve
2. to deduce
3. to perform; to act; to put on
4. to drill; to practice; to exercise

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

演

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. performance
2. act
3. play
4. render
5. stage

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 演べる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
演
えん Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 演 (MC yenX).

Affix

演(えん) • (en) 

1. develop; evolve
2. practice; exercise
3. perform; act; play
4. speech; lecture; address

Derived terms

• 演(えん)じる (enjiru), 演(えん)ずる (enzuru)

Compounds

• 演繹(えんえき) (en'eki)
• 演技(えんぎ) (engi)
• 演劇(えんげき) (engeki)
• 演算(えんざん) (enzan)
• 演習(えんしゅう) (enshū)
• 演出(えんしゅつ) (enshutsu)
• 演色(えんしょく) (enshoku): colour rendering
• 演説(えんぜつ) (enzetsu)
• 演奏(えんそう) (ensō)
• 名演(めいえん) (meien): great performance (of acting, music, etc)

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Korean

Hanja

演 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 演 (diễn, dăn, dạn, giỡn, rởn, dán, dợn, gián)

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References

• Nom Foundation