湅

湅	U+6E45, 湅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E45

← 湄
[U+6E44]

CJK Unified Ideographs

湆 →
[U+6E46]

Translingual

Han character

湅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木田火 (EDWF), four-corner 3519₆, composition ⿰氵柬)

boil silk

Derived characters

𣿊, 𮑔

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17810
Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1671, character 5
Unihan data for U+6E45

Chinese

simp. and trad.		湅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 湅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	ɡ·raːn, ɡ·raːns
讕	ɡ·raːn, ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	kreːnʔ, ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàn (lian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
  - Wade–Giles: lien⁴
  - Yale: lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
  - Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lin⁶
  - Yale: lihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān
  - Tâi-lô: liān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lien
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɛn³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn³³/

Middle Chinese: lenH

Rime
Character	湅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎甸切
Baxter	lenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/len^H/
Pan Wuyun	/len^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛn^H/
Li Rong	/len^H/
Wang Li	/lien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·reːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湅
Reading #	1/1
No.	6148
Phonetic component	柬
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	練
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·reːns/

Definitions

湅

alternative form of 練 / 练 (liàn, “to boil raw silk”)

Japanese

Kanji

湅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): れん (ren)、らん (ran)
Kun: ねる (neru)

Korean

Hanja

湅 • (ryeon>yeon) (hangeul 련>연, revised ryeon>yeon, McCune–Reischauer ryŏn>yŏn, Yale lyen>yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

湅: Hán Nôm readings: rịn

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