黭

黭 U+9EED, 黭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EED ← 黬 [U+9EEC] CJK Unified Ideographs 黮 → [U+9EEE]

Translingual

Han character

黭 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火人口廿 (WFORT), four-corner 6834₆, composition ⿰黑弇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48151
• Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4753, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9EED

Chinese

trad.		黭
simp. #		黭
alternative forms		𪒈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
弇	*kɯːm, *qramʔ
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
黭	*qɯːmʔ
揜	*qaːmʔ, *qramʔ
渰	*qramʔ
鞥	*qɯːŋ, *qɯːb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am² / jim²

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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: am² / jim²
    • Yale: ám / yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am² / jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: em² / yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵/, /jiːm³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'omX

Rime
Character	黭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏感切
Baxter	'omX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəmX/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀmX/
Wang Li	/ɒmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔămX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːmʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黭
Reading #	1/1
No.	14366
Phonetic component	弇
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	晻
Old Chinese	/*qɯːmʔ/

Definitions

黭

1. (archaic) black; dark
2. (archaic) ignorant; unenlightened
3. Alternative form of 奄 (suddenly; abruptly)

Compounds

• 黭淺／黭浅
• 黭然
• 黭黮

 

Japanese

Kanji

黭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、あん (an)、おん (on)
• Kun: あおぐろい (aoguroi, 黭い)