㛪

㛪 U+36EA, 㛪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-36EA ← 㛩 [U+36E9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㛫 → [U+36EB]

Translingual

Han character

㛪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 女大中山 (VKLU), composition ⿰女奄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 3
• Unihan data for U+36EA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㛪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aam¹ / gim¹ / him¹ / zim¹

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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: aam¹ / gim¹ / him¹ / zim¹
    • Yale: āam / gīm / hīm / jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aam¹ / gim¹ / him¹ / dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: am¹ / gim¹ / him¹ / jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːm⁵⁵/, /kiːm⁵⁵/, /hiːm⁵⁵/, /t͡siːm⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

㛪

1. to slander
2. to libel
3. maidservant
4. used in girl names
5. womanly

Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 奄 (yêm).

Han character

㛪: Nôm readings: em, im, êm

1. chữ Nôm form of em (“younger sibling”)
2. chữ Nôm form of im (“calm; silent; quiet”)