臠

See also: 脔

臠 U+81E0, 臠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81E0 ← 臟 [U+81DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 臡 → [U+81E1]

Translingual

Han character

臠 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+19, 25 strokes, cangjie input 女火人月人 (VFOBO), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿱龻肉)

Derived characters

• 𡆝, 癵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 998, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30049
• Dae Jaweon: page 1449, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2934, character 9
• Unihan data for U+81E0

Chinese

trad.		臠
simp.		脔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓	*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	*smroːns, *smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	*pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *b·roːn, *b·ronʔ) : phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons) + semantic 肉 (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luán, lüǎn (luan², lüan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ, ㄌㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁵, lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luán
    • Wade–Giles: luan²
    • Yale: lwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luan
    • Palladius: луань (luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lüan³
    • Yale: lywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leuan
    • Palladius: люань (ljuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁵, lyun⁴
    • Yale: lyúhn, lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁵, lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁵, lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn¹³/, /lyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwan, ljwenX

Rime
Character	臠	臠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	落官切	力兖切
Baxter	lwan	ljwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑn/	/liuᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷɑn/	/lʷiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑn/	/ljuænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwan/	/lwianX/
Li Rong	/luɑn/	/liuɛnX/
Wang Li	/luɑn/	/lĭwɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑn/	/li̯wɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luán	luǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyun4	lyun5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·roːn/, /*b·ronʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臠	臠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8618	8630
Phonetic component		
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	鑾	臠
Old Chinese	/*b·roːn/	/*b·ronʔ/

Definitions

臠

1. (literary) to cut meat into small pieces
2. (literary) small piece of meat

   • 嘗一臠肉，知一鑊之味 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     尝一脔肉，知一镬之味 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     cháng yī luán ròu, zhī yī huò zhī wèi [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 嘗鼎一臠／尝鼎一脔 (chángdǐngyīluán)
• 大臠／大脔
• 禁臠／禁脔 (jìnluán)
• 臠制／脔制
• 臠割／脔割
• 臠股／脔股
• 臠膾／脔脍
• 臠臠／脔脔
• 臠身／脔身

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03731
• “臠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

臠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. chopped meat
2. slice of meat

Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: きりみ (kirimi); ししむら (shishimura)

Korean

Hanja

臠 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

1. 저민 고기: sliced meat