琬琰

Chinese

		rounded jade tablet	pointed jade tablet
trad. (琬琰)		琬	琰
simp. #(琬琰)		琬	琰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun² jim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnyǎn [Phonetic: wányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-yen³
    • Yale: wǎn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanyean
    • Palladius: ваньянь (vanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun² jim⁵
    • Yale: yún yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn² jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun² yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn³⁵ jiːm¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwonX yemX

Rime
Character	琬	琰
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於阮切	以冉切
Baxter	'jwonX	yemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐnX/	/jiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐnX/	/jiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐnX/	/jæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuanX/	/jiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐnX/	/iɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐnX/	/jĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐnX/	/i̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun2	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qonʔ  lamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琬	琰
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	16296	14316
Phonetic component	夗	炎
Rime group	元	談
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	婉	琰
Old Chinese	/*qonʔ/	/*lamʔ/

Noun

琬琰

1. (literary) rounded and pointed jade tablets
2. (literary, in general) fine jade
3. (literary, figurative) moral integrity; literary grace