偃

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偃 U+5043, 偃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5043
← 偂
[U+5042] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偄 →
[U+5044]

Translingual

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Han character

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偃 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人尸日女 (OSAV), four-corner 21214, composition ⿰亻匽)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 109, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 830
  • Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 187, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5043

Chinese

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trad. 偃
simp. # 偃

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 偃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
s05871
Transcribed ancient scripts
L34792
L16398
L16399
L16400
L16401
L16402
L16403
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
堰 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽 *qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘 *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃 *qanʔ
郾 *qanʔ, *qans
鶠 *qanʔ
褗 *qanʔ, *qans
匽 *qanʔ
鼴 *qanʔ
鰋 *qanʔ
揠 *qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qanʔ) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 偃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 元 (65)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於幰切
Baxter 'jonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔɨɐnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔiɐnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiɐnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔɨanX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiɐnX/
Wang
Li 		/ĭɐnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偃 偃
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yǎn yǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjonX › ‹ ʔjonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔa[n]ʔ/ /*ʔa[n]ʔ/
English bend down Yǎn (ancient state in Shāndōng)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 偃
Reading # 1/1
No. 14384
Phonetic
component 		妟
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		偃
Old
Chinese 		/*qanʔ/

Definitions

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偃

  1. to fall on one's back; to lie down; to flop down
  2. to desist; to cease; to stop

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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偃

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dam
  2. weir

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): えん (en)
  • Kun: ふせる (fuseru)、やすむ (yasumu)

Korean

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Hanja

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偃 (eum 언 (eon))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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偃: Hán Nôm readings: ễnh

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