灩

See also: 滟

Translingual

Han character

灩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+28, 31 strokes, cangjie input 水山廿廿 (EUTT), four-corner 3411₇, composition ⿰氵豔)

1. overflowing, billowing
2. wavy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 664, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18846
• Dae Jaweon: page 1073, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1799, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7069

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Chinese

trad.		灩/灧
simp.		滟
alternative forms		灔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
豔	*lams
灩	*lams

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁶
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
    • Tâi-lô: iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yemH

Rime
Character	灩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以贍切
Baxter	yemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamH/
Li Rong	/iɛmH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灩
Reading #	1/1
No.	14471
Phonetic component	豔
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*lams/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 灩

1. overflowing, billowing
2. wavy

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Japanese

Kanji

灩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: なみ (nami)

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Korean

Hanja

灩 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 灩 (liễm)

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