See also:
U+56A5, 嚥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56A5

[U+56A4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56A6]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口廿中火 (RTLF), four-corner 64031, composition )

  1. swallow, gulp

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4545
  • Dae Jaweon: page 435, character 44
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 701, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+56A5

Chinese edit

trad./*
simp.*

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qeːns) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *qeːn, *qeːns).

Pronunciation edit


Rime
Character
Reading #1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (85)
Tone (調)Departing (H)
Openness (開合)Open
Division ()IV
Fanqie
Baxter'enH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔenH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔenH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɛnH/
Li
Rong
/ʔenH/
Wang
Li
/ienH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading #1/1
No.14449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeːns/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. to swallow

Compounds edit

  • 下嚥下咽 (xiàyàn)
  • 乾嚥唾干咽唾
  • 吞嚥吞咽 (tūnyàn)
  • 咀嚥咀咽
  • 唾沫直嚥唾沫直咽
  • 嚥下咽下 (yànxià)
  • 嚥住咽住
  • 嚥唾咽唾
  • 嚥嚼咽嚼
  • 嚥息咽息
  • 嚥日咽日
  • 嚥氣咽气 (yànqì)
  • 嚥氣症咽气症
  • 嚥津咽津
  • 嚥漱咽漱
  • 嚥苦吐甘咽苦吐甘
  • 嚥苦吞甘咽苦吞甘
  • 嚼嚥嚼咽
  • 漱嚥漱咽
  • 狼吞虎嚥狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn)
  • 狼飧虎嚥狼飧虎咽
  • 狼餐虎嚥狼餐虎咽
  • 細嚼慢嚥细嚼慢咽 (xìjiáomànyàn)
  • 飲嚥饮咽

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. swallow, gulp

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(yeon) (hangeul , revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: yết, en, ẻn

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