艷

See also: 豔, 艶, and 艳

Translingual

Han character

艷 (Kangxi radical 139, 色+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 山廿弓日山 (UTNAU), four-corner 5711₇, composition ⿰豐色)

Derived characters

• 𡤸, 灧

Related characters

• 豔 (Orthodox form of 艷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1014, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30637
• Dae Jaweon: page 1475, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3073, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8277

Usage notes

In the Kangxi Dictionary, 艷 is considered the same character as 豔.

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 豐 (“abundant”) + 色 (“colour”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 艷 – see 豔 (“bright and gorgeous; gaudy; relating to love relationships; romantic; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 豔).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	艶
Kyūjitai	艷

Kanji

艷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 艶)

1. Kyūjitai form of 艶: charming, voluptuous; love affair, romance; gloss, luster

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kun: あでやか (adeyaka, 艷やか); つや (tsuya, 艷); つやめく (tsuyameku, 艷めく); なまめかしい (namamekashii, 艷かしい); なまめく (namameku, 艷めく)
• Nanori: おお (ō)^{←おほ (ofo, historical)}; もろ (moro); よし (yoshi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 艷 (diễm, diệm)

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