羡

See also: 羨

羡 U+7FA1, 羡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FA1 ← 羠 [U+7FA0] CJK Unified Ideographs 羢 → [U+7FA2]

Translingual

Han character

羡 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿土戈一人 (TGIMO), four-corner 8018₂, composition ⿱𦍌次)

Derived characters

• 檨 𪮲 𥖄 𦅗 𨬢 𪞼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 952, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28493
• Dae Jaweon: page 1396, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3132, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7FA1

Chinese

The Kangxi Dictionary, following 《佩觿》, enters the word in etymology 2 as 羡, separating it from 羨 (etymology 1). This is also followed by dictionaries such as Hanyu Da Cidian and Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, but Zhongwen Da Cidian disagrees with this treatment. (Hanyu Da Zidian regards 羡 as the main form of all pronunciations.) According to 《說文解字羣經正字》:

羨，貪欲也，今經典往往作羡。郭忠恕《佩觿》分羨、羡爲二字。羡，以脂翻，江夏地名；羨，似面翻，慕也。非也，字書無从次之字，惟一字而數音耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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羡，贪欲也，今经典往往作羡。郭忠恕《佩觿》分羡、羡为二字。羡，以脂翻，江夏地名；羡，似面翻，慕也。非也，字书无从次之字，惟一字而数音耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 《說文解字羣經正字》, quoted from Zhongwen Da Cidian

羨 (Xiàn), tānyù yě, jīn jīngdiǎn wǎngwǎng zuò 羡. Guō Zhōngshù “Pèixī” fēn 羨 (xiàn), 羡 (yí) wéi èr zì. Yí, yǐ zhī fān, Jiāngxià dìmíng; xiàn, sì miàn fān, mù yě. Fēi yě, zìshū wú cóng 次 (cì) zhī zì, wéi yī zì ér shù yīn ěr. [Pinyin]

羨, meaning "to covet", is now frequently written as 羡 in the classics. Guo Zhongshu's Peixi distinguishes 羨 and 羡 as separate characters. 羡, fanqie 以脂, name of a place in Jiangxia. 羨, fanqie 似面, to desire. This is not the case. There's no such character with the 次 element in character dictionaries. There is only one character but several pronunciations.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 羡 – see 羨 (“to envy; to admire; superfluous; in surplus; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 羨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/

Definitions

羡

1. Only used in 沙羡.

Japanese

Kanji

羡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen); えん (en)
• Kun: うらやむ (urayamu); あまり (amari)

Korean

Hanja

羡 • (seon, yeon) (hangeul 선, 연, revised seon, yeon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, yŏn, Yale sen, yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

羡: Hán Nôm readings: tiện, tiển, tợn, tận

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