豔

See also: 艷, 艶, and 艳

Translingual

Traditional	豔
Shinjitai	艶
Simplified	艳

Han character

豔 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆+21, 28 strokes, cangjie input 山廿土戈廿 (UTGIT), four-corner 5411₇, composition ⿰豐盍)

Derived characters

• 灩

Related characters

• 艷, 豓 (Variant forms of 豔)
• 艶 (Japanese shinjitai) and 艳 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1194, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36332
• Dae Jaweon: page 1656, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3570, character 15
• Unihan data for U+8C54

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Chinese

trad.		豔
simp.		艳
alternative forms		豓 艷 艶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豔
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
豔	*lams
灩	*lams

Originally 豓. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lams) : semantic 豐 (“abundant, great”) + phonetic 盇 () (corrupted to 盍).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yam
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iam⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁶
    • Yale: yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
    • Hakka Romanization System: iam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯am⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
    • Tâi-lô: iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yemH

Rime
Character	豔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以贍切
Baxter	yemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiamH/
Li Rong	/iɛmH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lams/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豔
Reading #	1/1
No.	14470
Phonetic component	豔
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豔
Old Chinese	/*lams/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 豔

1. (of color) bright and gorgeous; gaudy
2. relating to love relationships; romantic
3. ^† to envy; to admire
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

豔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 艷, which is the kyūjitai form of 艶

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, 豔やか); つや (tsuya, 豔); つやめく (tsuyameku, 豔めく); なまめかしい (namamekashii, 豔かしい); なまめく (namameku, 豔めく)
• Nanori: おお (ō)^{←おほ (ofo, historical)}; もろ (moro); よし (yoshi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 豔 (diệm, diễm)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation