醂

醂 U+9182, 醂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9182 ← 醁 [U+9181] CJK Unified Ideographs 醃 → [U+9183]

Translingual

Han character

醂 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一田木木 (MWDD), four-corner 1469₀, composition ⿰酉林)

1. to soak a dried persimmon so as to remove its astringency

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1284, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39891
• Dae Jaweon: page 1784, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3586, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9182

Chinese

trad.		醂
simp. #		醂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎn (lan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎn
    • Wade–Giles: lan³
    • Yale: lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
    • Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁵
    • Yale: láhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lomX

Rime
Character	醂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧感切
Baxter	lomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ləmX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləmX/
Li Rong	/lᴀmX/
Wang Li	/lɒmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laam5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ruːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醂
Reading #	1/1
No.	8164
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	壈
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ruːmʔ/
Notes	與浨同源

Definitions

醂

1. confected peach

Japanese

Kanji

醂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. remove astringency (from persimmons)
2. bleach in water

Readings

• Go-on: らん (ran)^{←らん (ran, historical)←らむ (ramu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: らん (ran)^{←らん (ran, historical)←らむ (ramu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: あわす (awasu, 醂す)^{←あはす (afasu, 醂す, historical)}; さわし (sawashi, 醂し)^{←さはし (safasi, 醂し, historical)}; さわす (sawasu, 醂す)^{←さはす (safasu, 醂す, historical)}

Compounds

• 木(き)醂(ざわし) (kizawashi)
• 味醂(みりん) (mirin)