妟

妟 U+599F, 妟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599F ← 妞 [U+599E] CJK Unified Ideographs 妠 → [U+59A0]

Translingual

Han character

妟 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 日女 (AV) or 難日女 (XAV), composition ⿱日女)

Derived characters

• 𪜿, 𪣚, 𰥤, 𨧉, 𩷑, 𱈪, 𪕤, 𬪀, 𱂙, 䳛, 宴, 𰣭, 𡍿, 𫺍, 𧒛, 匽, 𭶐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 256, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6099
• Dae Jaweon: page 521, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1031, character 2
• Unihan data for U+599F

Chinese

trad.		妟
simp. #		妟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妟
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aan³ / ngaan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aan³ / ngaan³
    • Yale: aan / ngaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aan³ / ngaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: an³ / ngan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːn³³/, /ŋaːn³³/

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

Definitions

妟

1. (obsolete) bright and clear sunrise

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 91

Japanese

Kanji

妟

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to be at ease
2. clear and balmy

Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an)、えん (en)
• Kun: やすらか (yasuraka)、やすめる (yasumeru)