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奄 (Kangxi radical 37,大+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input大中田山 (KLWU),four-corner40716,composition⿱大电(GTJKV) or⿱大⿻日㇄(T))
| trad. | 奄 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 奄 | |
| alternative forms | 闇/暗suddenly | |
| Historical forms of the character奄 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Chen (2021):Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*qromʔ): abbreviated semantic 盍 + phonetic 甲(OC*kraːb)[1] — original form of掩 (OC*qromʔ, “to cover”).
Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 大(“big”) + 申(“extend”) – to cover.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 衣儉切 |
| Baxter | 'jemX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiᴇmX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚiɛmX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiæmX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjiamX/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjɛmX/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛmX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛmX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim2 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjemX › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔ(r)omʔ/ |
| English | cover |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14344 |
| Phonetic component | 奄 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 奄 |
| Old Chinese | /*qromʔ/ |
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