奄

奄 U+5944, 奄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5944 ← 奃 [U+5943] CJK Unified Ideographs 奅 → [U+5945]

奄 U+FA7E, 奄 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA7E ← 墳 [U+FA7D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 奔 → [U+FA7F]

Translingual

Han character

奄 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大中田山 (KLWU), four-corner 4071₆, composition ⿱大电(GTJKV) or ⿱大⿻日㇄(T))

Derived characters

• 俺, 𢔂, 埯, 掩, 唵, 崦, 淹, 殗, 晻, 腌, 硽, 裺, 醃, 餣, 馣, 黤, 剦, 鵪(鹌), 奙, 菴, 罨, 阉, 閹, 庵, 痷, 匎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5881
• Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 534, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5944

• Unihan data for U+FA7E

Chinese

trad.		奄
simp. #		奄
alternative forms		闇／暗 suddenly

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 奄
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
庵	*qoːm, *qoːb
鵪	*qoːm
菴	*qoːm, *qrom
馣	*qoːm
晻	*qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵	*qoːmʔ
黤	*qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯	*qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹	*qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹	*qrom, *qromʔ
崦	*qrom
醃	*qrom, *qom
掩	*qromʔ
奄	*qromʔ
罨	*qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺	*qromʔ, *qoms
俺	*qromʔ, *qoms
腌	*qom, *qrob, *qob
殗	*qob
餣	*qob

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qromʔ): abbreviated semantic 盍 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb)^{[字源 1]} — original form of 掩 (OC *qromʔ, “to cover”).

Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 大 (“big”) + 申 (“extend”) – to cover.

References

1. 陳剣 「説“規”等字並論一些特別的形声字意符」 『源遠流長――漢字国際学術検討会暨AEARU第三届漢字文化検討会論文集』 楊栄祥、胡勅瑞主編、北京大学出版社、2017年、10-12頁。

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám
    • Tâi-lô: iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jemX

Rime
Character	奄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	衣儉切
Baxter	'jemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔjɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)omʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qromʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjemX ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)omʔ/
English	cover
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	奄
Reading #	1/1
No.	14344
Phonetic component	奄
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	奄
Old Chinese	/*qromʔ/

Definitions

奄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cover; to surround; to include
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) suddenly; abruptly; quickly; hastily

Compounds

• 奄忽
• 奄息
• 奄欻
• 奄然
• 奄然而逝

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn, yān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám / iam / am

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám
    • Tâi-lô: iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam
    • Tâi-lô: iam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: am
    • Tâi-lô: am
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afm
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /am⁴⁴/

Definitions

奄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) feeble
2. a surname

Compounds

• 一息奄奄
• 奄奄 (yǎnyǎn)
• 奄奄一息
• 奄奄垂絕 / 奄奄垂绝
• 奄奄無力 / 奄奄无力
• 氣息奄奄 / 气息奄奄 (qìxīyānyān)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yān (yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yan
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹
    • Yale: yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim¹
    • Yale: yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/

Definitions

奄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 閹 / 阉 (yān, “to castrate; eunuch”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 淹 (yān, “to remain; to tarry”)

Compounds

• 奄尹
• 奄人 (yānrén)
• 奄宦
• 奄留
• 奄豎 / 奄竖

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 奄

奄

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. cover
2. suffocate
3. obstruct

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: おおう (ōu, 奄う)^{←おほふ (ofofu, 奄ふ, historical)}、たちまち (tachimachi, 奄ち)、ふさがる (fusagaru, 奄がる)
• Nanori: あま (ama)

Korean

Hanja

奄 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

奄: Hán Nôm readings: yêm, yểm, ăm, im, em

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References

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