羬

Translingual

Han character

羬 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿手戈竹口 (TQIHR), four-corner 8355₀, composition ⿰羊咸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 953, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28529
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3136, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7FAC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		羬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
感	*kɯːmʔ
鱤	*kɯːmʔ
顑	*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
轗	*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
撼	*ɡɯːmʔ
憾	*ɡɯːms
喊	*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
緘	*krɯːm
瑊	*krɯːm, *kjum
黬	*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
減	*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
羬	*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
麙	*ŋɡrɯːm
咸	*ɡrɯːm
鹹	*ɡrɯːm
醎	*ɡrɯːm
諴	*ɡrɯːm
椷	*ɡrɯːm
輱	*ɡrɯːm
鍼	*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
箴	*kjɯm
葴	*kjɯm
鱵	*kjum

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián, qián, yán (xian², qian², yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ, ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²
    • Yale: chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyan
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjem, ngeam

Rime
Character	羬	羬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	咸 (151)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	巨淹切	五咸切
Baxter	gjem	ngeam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇm/	/ŋˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛm/	/ŋᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæm/	/ŋɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiam/	/ŋəɨm/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛm/	/ŋɐm/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛm/	/ŋɐm/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛm/	/ŋăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kim4	ngaam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯːm/, /*ɡram/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羬	羬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13511	13524
Phonetic component	咸	咸
Rime group	侵	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	嵒	箝
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡrɯːm/	/*ɡram/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 羬

1. ^† a large wild sheep
2. ^† a mythical sheep with a long tail
3. ^† antelope with slender horns