餡

See also: 馅 and ⿰飠⿱⺈旧

餡 U+9921, 餡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9921 ← 餠 [U+9920] CJK Unified Ideographs 餢 → [U+9922]

Translingual

Traditional	餡
Shinjitai (extended)	⿰飠⿱⺈旧
Simplified	馅

Han character

餡 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓竹難 (OINHX), four-corner 8777₇, composition ⿰飠臽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1421, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44224
• Dae Jaweon: page 1947, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4460, character 17
• Unihan data for U+9921

Chinese

trad.		餡
simp.		馅

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
萏	*l'oːmʔ
窞	*l'oːmʔ
惂	*kʰloːmʔ
輡	*kʰloːmʔ
錎	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
埳	*kʰloːmʔ
臽	*kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms
淊	*ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ
欿	*ɡloːmʔ
蜭	*ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms
啗	*l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms
鵮	*ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms
餡	*ɡroːms
陷	*ɡroːms
爓	*ljom, *loms
諂	*l̥ʰomʔ
讇	*l̥ʰomʔ
閻	*lom
焰	*loms
壛	*lom
櫩	*lom
燄	*lomʔ
掐	*kʰroːb

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡroːms): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms) – a kind of food.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	餡
Reading #	1/1
No.	13555
Phonetic component	臽
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːms/
Notes	豏膁後起字

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haam^6-2 / haam⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham^5* / ham⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): han⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ham⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): xie³
• Northern Min (KCR): āng
• Eastern Min (BUC): âng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or⁵ / orⁿ⁵ / hang⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): āⁿ / hām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): an⁷

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): a¹ / hiam⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghe; ⁶yi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xienn⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (餡兒 / 馅儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànr
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiall
    • Palladius: сяньр (sjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xian⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haam^6-2 / haam⁶
    • Yale: háam / haahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam^6-2 / haam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham^6-2 / ham⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²²⁻³⁵/, /haːm²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham^5* / ham⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham³²⁻³²⁵/, /ham³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: han⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /han¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ham⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xie³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: āng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: âng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: or⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤ⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: orⁿ⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒ̃²¹/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hang⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹/

Note:

• or5/orⁿ5 - vernacular;
• hang5 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: va
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ã³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām
    • Tâi-lô: hām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ham
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ham²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham⁴¹/
Note:
• āⁿ - vernacular;
• hām - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: an⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: āⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ã¹¹/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: a¹ / hiam⁷
    • Sinological IPA: /a³⁵/, /hiam⁵⁵/
Note:
• a1 - vernacular;
• hiam7 - literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe; ⁶yi
    • MiniDict: ghe^去; yi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe; ³hhi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²³/, /ɦi²³/
Note:
• 6ghe - vernacular;
• 6yi - literary.
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xienn⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːms/

Definitions

餡

1. filling (for dumplings, buns, etc.)

   蝦餃餡／虾饺馅 [Cantonese]  ―  haa¹ gaau² haam^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  har gow filling

2. (Cantonese, figurative, informal, humorous) baby in the womb; embryo; fetus

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	餡兒, 餡子
	Taiwan	餡
	Chengde	餡兒
	Chifeng	餡兒, 餡子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餡兒
	Heihe	餡兒, 餡子
	Qiqihar	餡兒, 餡子
	Harbin	餡兒, 餡子
	Jiamusi	餡兒, 餡子
	Baicheng	餡兒, 餡子
	Changchun	餡兒, 餡子
	Tonghua	餡子
	Shenyang	餡兒, 餡子
	Jinzhou	餡兒, 餡子
	Singapore	餡
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	餡兒
	Tangshan	餡兒, 餡子
	Cangzhou	餡兒
	Baoding	餡兒, 餡子
	Shijiazhuang	餡兒
	Lijin	餡兒, 餡子
	Jinan	餡兒, 餡子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	餡子
	Dandong	餡兒, 餡子
	Yantai	餡兒
	Qingdao	餡兒, 餡子
	Zhucheng	餡兒, 餡子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	餡兒
	Lingbao	餡兒
	Jining	餡兒, 餡子
	Wanrong	餡子
	Linfen	餡子
	Shangqiu	餡兒, 餡子
	Yuanyang	餡兒
	Zhengzhou	餡兒
	Xinyang	餡兒
	Baihe	餡子
	Xi'an	餡兒, 餡子
	Baoji	餡子
	Tianshui	餡
	Xining	餡, 餡兒
	Xuzhou	餡兒, 餡子
	Fuyang	餡子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餡子
	Lanzhou	餡兒, 餡子
	Dunhuang	餡子
	Hami	餡子
	Ürümqi	餡子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	心子, 包心, 瓤子, 瓤瓤
	Nanchong	心子
	Dazhou	心子
	Hanyuan	心心, 心子
	Xichang	心子
	Zigong	心子
	Chongqing	心子
	Wuhan	心子, 餡子, 餡
	Yichang	心子
	Xiangyang	餡兒, 餡子
	Tianmen	心子
	Guiyang	餡子, 心心
	Zunyi	餡子
	Bijie	餡子, 餡
	Liping	包心
	Zhaotong	包心
	Dali	心子
	Kunming	餡兒
	Mengzi	心
	Guilin	餡, 心
	Liuzhou	餡子, 餡料, 心子
	Jishou	餡子
	Changde	心子
	Hanzhong	餡子, 餡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餡子, 餡兒, 心子
	Yangzhou	餡心, 餡子, 心子
	Lianyungang	餡子
	Lianshui	包心
	Nantong	兜心
	Anqing	餡子, 心子
	Wuhu	心子
	Hefei	心子
	Hong'an	餡子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餡
	Hong Kong	餡
	Taishan	餡
	Yangjiang	𩝥
Gan	Nanchang	心子, 心
	Pingxiang	心子
Hakka	Meixian	心仔, 餡仔
	Xingning	餡哩
	Huidong (Daling)	餡
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	餡子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	心
	Changting	餡子
	Wuping	心
	Wuping (Pingyu)	臊子
	Liancheng	餡
	Ninghua	餡
	Yudu	心子, 拌子, 餡子
	Ruijin	心子
	Shicheng	享料
	Shangyou (Shexi)	心子
Huizhou	Jixi	餡心
	Shexian	餡
Jin	Taiyuan	餡餡, 餡兒, 餡子
	Yangyuan	餡兒, 餡子
	Datong	餡兒, 餡子
	Xinzhou	餡子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	餡子, 餡餡
	Changzhi	餡子
	Linhe	餡子
	Jining	餡子
	Hohhot	餡兒, 餡子
	Erenhot	餡子
	Pingshan	餡兒
	Zhangjiakou	餡兒
	Handan	餡兒
	Linzhou	餡兒
	Suide	餡子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	餡, 餡仔, 瓤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	餡
Southern Min	Xiamen	餡
	Quanzhou	餡
	Zhangzhou	餡
	Tainan	餡
	Penang (Hokkien)	餡
	Chaozhou	餡
	Shantou	餡
	Jieyang	餡
	Leizhou	餡
Wu	Shanghai	餡頭, 餡子, 心子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	心子
	Suzhou	瓤
	Danyang	包餡, 包心, 包心菜
	Hangzhou	餡子, 心子
	Ningbo	餡子
	Wenzhou	餡心
	Jinhua	餡
Xiang	Changsha	心子
	Loudi	心子
	Shuangfeng	心子

Dialectal synonyms of 餡 (“filling (for dumplings, buns, pastry, etc.)”) [map]

Compounds

• 入餡 / 入馅
• 填餡 / 填馅
• 夾餡 / 夹馅
• 夾餡兒 / 夹馅儿
• 攢餡兒 / 攒馅儿
• 果餡兒 / 果馅儿
• 果餡餅 / 果馅饼 (guǒxiànbǐng)
• 肉餡 / 肉馅 (ròuxiàn)
• 酸餡 / 酸馅
• 酸餡氣 / 酸馅气
• 露餡 / 露馅 (lòuxiàn)
• 露餡兒 / 露馅儿 (lòuxiànr)
• 餕餡 / 馂馅
• 餡兒 / 馅儿 (xiànr)
• 餡兒餅 / 馅儿饼 (xiànrbǐng)
• 餡子 / 馅子 (xiànzi)
• 餡料 / 馅料 (xiànliào)
• 餡草 / 馅草
• 餡餅 / 馅饼 (xiànbǐng)

References

• “餡”, 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–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “馅”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 420.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “馅”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 257.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰飠⿱⺈旧
Kyūjitai	餡

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 餡

餡

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰飠⿱⺈旧)

1. bean jam

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Tō-on: あん (an)
• Kan’yō-on: あん (an)
• Kun: あんこ (anko)

Compounds

• 餡(あん)子(こ) (anko): azuki bean paste
• 餡(あん)饅(まん) (anman): bun with azuki bean paste filling
• 餡(あん)蜜(みつ) (anmitsu): anko with syrup and fruit

Kanji in this term
餡
あん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ã̠ɴ]

Noun

餡(あん) • (an) 

1. bean jam

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

餡 • (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune–Reischauer ham, Yale ham)

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Vietnamese

Han character

餡: Hán Nôm readings: hãm

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