肰

Translingual

Han character

肰 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月戈大 (BIK), composition ⿰⺼犬)

Derived terms

• 猒, 然

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 976, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29314
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 6
• Unihan data for U+80B0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		肰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘫	*rneːn
然	*njen
肰	*njen
繎	*njon, *njen
燃	*njen
蹨	*njenʔ, *neːnʔ
橪	*njenʔ, *ʔneːn
撚	*neːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + semantic 犬 (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rán (ran²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rán
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rán
    • Wade–Giles: jan²
    • Yale: rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ran
    • Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyen

Rime
Character	肰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如延切
Baxter	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肰
Reading #	1/1
No.	10757
Phonetic component	肰
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	然
Old Chinese	/*njen/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 肰

1. ^† dog meat

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 183