蔫

蔫 U+852B, 蔫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852B ← 蔪 [U+852A] CJK Unified Ideographs 蔬 → [U+852C]

Translingual

Han character

蔫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿一卜火 (TMYF), four-corner 4432₇, composition ⿱艹焉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31837
• Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3274, character 18
• Unihan data for U+852B

Chinese

trad.		蔫
simp. #		蔫
2nd round simp.		𦮴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘕	*qʰran
嫣	*qʰran, *qran, *qranʔ, *qans
焉	*qran, *ɢan, *qan
鄢	*qran, *qanʔ, *qans
蔫	*qran, *qan
漹	*ɢan, *qans
傿	*qans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qran, *qan): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焉 (OC *qran, *ɢan, *qan).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niān (nian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nian
    • Wade–Giles: nien¹
    • Yale: nyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nianr
    • Wade–Giles: nien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhial
    • Palladius: няньр (njanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen

Rime
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	謁言切	於乾切
Baxter	'jon	'jen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn/	/ʔˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan/	/ʔian/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔjɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn/	/ĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn/	/ʔi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin1	jin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14230	14234
Phonetic component	焉	焉
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	焉	蔫
Old Chinese	/*qran/	/*qan/

Definitions

蔫

1. listless
2. (dialectal) slow-tempered; sluggish

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niān, yān (nian¹, yan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ, ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iêng¹ / iang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nian
    • Wade–Giles: nien¹
    • Yale: nyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: jin¹
    • Yale: yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lian
    • Tâi-lô: lian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iêng¹ / iang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ieng / iang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/, /iaŋ³³/

Note:

• iêng1 - Chaozhou;
• iang1 - Shantou, Singapore.

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• Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen

Rime
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	謁言切	於乾切
Baxter	'jon	'jen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn/	/ʔˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan/	/ʔian/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔjɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn/	/ĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn/	/ʔi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin1	jin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14230	14234
Phonetic component	焉	焉
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	焉	蔫
Old Chinese	/*qran/	/*qan/

Definitions

蔫

1. wilted; shrivelled
2. not fresh

Compounds

• 打蔫 (dǎniān)
• 打蔫兒 / 打蔫儿 (dǎniānr)
• 蔫不唧
• 蔫呼呼
• 蔫土匪
• 蔫拱
• 蔫甘

Japanese

Kanji

蔫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)
• Kun: しぼむ (shibomu)