羳

羳 U+7FB3, 羳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FB3 ← 羲 [U+7FB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 羴 → [U+7FB4]

Translingual

Han character

羳 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿手竹木田 (TQHDW), four-corner 8256₉, composition ⿰羊番)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 954, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28563
• Dae Jaweon: page 1399, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3138, character 21
• Unihan data for U+7FB3

Chinese

trad.		羳
simp. #		羳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皤	*paːl, *baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	*baːn, *ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	*pan, *ban
轓	*pan, *pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	*pan, *ban
藩	*pan, *ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	*pʰan, *ban
繙	*pʰan, *ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán
    • Wade–Giles: fan²
    • Yale: fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	羳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2901
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

羳

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) yellow-bellied sheep