癮

See also: 瘾

癮 U+766E, 癮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-766E ← 癭 [U+766D] CJK Unified Ideographs 癯 → [U+766F]

Translingual

Han character

癮 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 大弓中心 (KNLP), four-corner 0013₆, composition ⿸疒隱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22631
• Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2703, character 22
• Unihan data for U+766E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隱	*qɯnʔ, *qɯns
櫽	*qɯnʔ
嶾	*qɯnʔ
癮	*qɯn
懚	*qɯns
檼	*qɯns
穩	*qʷɯːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯn): semantic 疒 + phonetic 隱 (OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns).

Etymology 1

trad.		癮
simp.		瘾
alternative forms		𤻘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ / jan²
• Northern Min (KCR): i̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ún / ín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): eng² / ing² / êng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³
    • Yale: yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ / jan²
    • Yale: yáhn / yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ / jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ / yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³/, /jɐn³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: i̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún
    • Tâi-lô: ún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
    • Tâi-lô: ín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ien
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /in⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: eng² / ing² / êng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ́ng / íng / éng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯŋ⁵²/, /iŋ⁵²/, /eŋ⁵²/

Note:

• eng2 - Chaozhou;
• ing2 - Shantou, Chenghai, Chaoyang, Raoping;
• êng2 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: 'j+nX

Rime
Character	癮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於謹切
Baxter	'j+nX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨnX/
Li Rong	/ʔiənX/
Wang Li	/ĭənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癮
Reading #	1/1
No.	15317
Phonetic component	隱
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	隱
Old Chinese	/*qɯn/
Notes	原無阝旁，此爲集韻異體

Definitions

癮

1. addiction; craving (Classifier: 鋪／铺 c)
   • 2021, “反對無效 [Overruled]”, 陳詠謙 [Chan Wing Him] (lyrics), 馮允謙 [Jay Fung] and Cameron Browne (music)‎performed by 張天賦 [MC]:

     神如何做出這種吸引　我愛你已開始變成癮　我戒不到這種興奮 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     神如何做出这种吸引　我爱你已开始变成瘾　我戒不到这种兴奋 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san⁴ jyu⁴ ho⁴ zou⁶ ceot¹ ze² zung² kap¹ jan⁵, ngo⁵ oi³ nei⁵ ji⁵ hoi¹ ci² bin³ sing⁴ jan⁵, ngo⁵ gaai³ bat¹ dou^3-2 ze² zung² hing¹ fan⁵ [Jyutping]

     How did God create this kind of attraction? My love for you has started to become an addiction. I cannot give this excitement up.

2. (dialectal) to like (doing something)
3. (dialectal) to crave; to be addicted to

Compounds

• 上癮 / 上瘾 (shàngyǐn)
• 大呼過癮 / 大呼过瘾
• 官癮 / 官瘾 (guānyǐn)
• 毒癮 / 毒瘾 (dúyǐn)
• 煙癮 / 烟瘾 (yānyǐn)
• 癮君子 / 瘾君子 (yǐnjūnzǐ)
• 癮頭兒 / 瘾头儿
• 藥物成癮 / 药物成瘾
• 藥癮 / 药瘾
• 賭癮 / 赌瘾 (dǔyǐn)
• 過癮 / 过瘾 (guòyǐn)
• 酒癮 / 酒瘾 (jiǔyǐn)
• 頂癮 / 顶瘾 (dǐngyǐn)

Etymology 2

trad.		癮
simp.		瘾
alternative forms		唁 孍／𱙔 憖／慭

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngiéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiêng³ / ngiang³

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giàn
    • Tâi-lô: giàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngiêng³ / ngiang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngièng / ngiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieŋ²¹³/, /ŋiaŋ²¹³/

Note:

• ngiêng3 - Chaozhou;
• ngiang3 - Shantou, Chenghai, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Raoping.

Definitions

癮

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) addiction; craving
2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to like (doing something)
3. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to crave; to be addicted to
4. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to have a tendency to; to easily do something
5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) stupid; foolish
6. (Taiwanese Hokkien, often in the negative) willing
7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) skinny; lean

Descendants

• → Malay: gian

References

• “癮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

癮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. addiction

Readings

• On (unclassified): いん (in)、おん (on)
• Kun: くせ (kuse)

Korean

Hanja

癮 (eum 은 (eun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

癮: Hán Nôm readings: ẩn

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