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宴 U+5BB4, 宴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BB4
← 害
[U+5BB3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宵 →
[U+5BB5]

Translingual

Han character

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Stroke order
10 strokes
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宴 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十日女 (JAV), four-corner 30404, composition ⿱宀妟)

Derived characters

  • 𠻈, 𡏉, 𦞷, 𥉛, 𲎠, 𡪻, 𮭍, 𦶳

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 286, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7166
  • Dae Jaweon: page 565, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5BB4

Chinese

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trad. 宴
simp. # 宴
alternative forms 讌／宴
醼／宴
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Glyph origin

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Old Chinese
堰 *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽 *qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴 *qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘 *qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃 *qanʔ
郾 *qanʔ, *qans
鶠 *qanʔ
褗 *qanʔ, *qans
匽 *qanʔ
鼴 *qanʔ
鰋 *qanʔ
揠 *qreːd
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Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qeːnʔ, *qeːns): semantic 宀 + phonetic 妟 (yàn) – a woman in peaceful background (a roof and the sun). However, the appearance of the character, its meaning and his ancient pronunciation could link this character to 安.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 宴 宴
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 於殄切 於甸切
Baxter 'enX 'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɛnX/ /ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔɛnX/ /ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔenX/ /ʔenH/
Wang
Li		 /ienX/ /ienH/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /ʔienX/ /ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǎn yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jin2 jin3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔenH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔˁe[n]-s/
English feast (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 宴 宴
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14380 14383
Phonetic
component		 妟 妟
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 蝘 宴
Old
Chinese		 /*qeːnʔ/ /*qeːns/
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Definitions

宴

  1. (literary) comfortable; peaceful; happy
  2. banquet; feast
  3. to host a banquet; to entertain

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宴):
  • → Japanese: 宴(えん) (en)
  • → Vietnamese: yến (宴)

References

  • “宴”, 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–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “宴”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 276.

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