晏
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Han character
晏 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日十女 (AJV), four-corner 60404, composition ⿱日安)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13914
- Dae Jaweon: page 860, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1509, character 7
- Unihan data for U+664F
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːns, *qraːns) : semantic 日 + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngan4
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): aan3 / ngaan3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): an1
- (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): aan3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): ie3
- Eastern Min (BUC): áng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5e; 5i / 5ie / 1aen5
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngan4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
- Wade–Giles: yen4
- Yale: yàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
- Palladius: янь (janʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ngan4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngan
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋan²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: an1
- Sinological IPA (key): /an³³/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
- Jyutping++: aan3
- Sinological IPA (key): /an²⁴/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen
- Hakka Romanization System: ien
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan4
- Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian
- Hagfa Pinyim: yan4
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ie3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: áng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- òaⁿ - vernacular;
- àn - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: uan3 / ang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uàⁿ / àng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ũã²¹³/, /aŋ²¹³/
- (Teochew)
- uan3 - vernacular (late);
- ang3 - literary.
- Wu
- 5e (Shanghai) - vernacular;
- 5i (Shanghai) - literary.
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ngan4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋan⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
Note:
Note:
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: 'anH, 'aenH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ<r>a[n]-s/, /*ʔˤe[n]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qaːns/, /*qraːns/
Definitions
晏
- late; near the end of a period of time
- late in the day
- (Cantonese) lunch (Classifier: 餐 c)
- sunny and cloudless
- peaceful; tranquil; serene
- 河清海晏 ― héqīng hǎiyàn ― the (Yellow) River is clear and the sea is calm; the world is peaceful and prosperous
- a surname
Synonyms
- (late):
- (lunch):
Compounds
Further reading
- “Entry #6096”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Kanji
晏
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 晏 (MC 'anH|'aenH).
Affix
Hanja
晏 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)
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