狿

狿 U+72FF, 狿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FF ← 狾 [U+72FE] CJK Unified Ideographs 猀 → [U+7300]

Translingual

Han character

狿 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓大一 (KHNKM), four-corner 4224₁, composition ⿰犭延)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20435
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1344, character 15
• Unihan data for U+72FF

Chinese

trad.		狿
simp. #		狿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唌	*l'aːn
誕	*l'aːnʔ
蜑	*l'aːnʔ
蛋	*l'aːns
硟	*slan, *l̥ʰjans
涎	*ljan, *lans
脠	*l̥ʰan, *hljan
梴	*l̥ʰan
鋋	*ɦljan, *lan
埏	*hljan, *lan
挻	*hljan
鯅	*hljan
延	*lan, *lans
筵	*lan
蜒	*lan
狿	*lan, *lans
郔	*lan
綖	*lan
莚	*lan, *lans

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yen, yenH

Rime
Character	狿	狿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以然切	于線切
Baxter	yen	yenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇn/	/jiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛn/	/jiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæn/	/jænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jian/	/jianH/
Li Rong	/iɛn/	/iɛnH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛn/	/jĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛn/	/i̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4	jin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lan/, /*lans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狿	狿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14261	14266
Phonetic component	延	延
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	延
Old Chinese	/*lan/	/*lans/

Definitions

狿

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) an animal like a raccoon dog but with a longer body