龑

See also: 䶮

龑	U+9F91, 龑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F91

← 龐
[U+9F90]

CJK Unified Ideographs

龒 →
[U+9F92]

Translingual

Han character

龑 (radical 212 龍+4, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一大 (YPMK), four-corner 0843₂, composition ⿱龍天)

References

KangXi: page 1537, character 6

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48827

Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4804, character 9

Unihan data for U+9F91

Chinese

trad.		龑
simp.		䶮

Etymology

Liu Yan's original name was 劉巖. He changed 巖 to 龑, a character he invented. The character refers to a saying in the I Ching, 飛龍在天 ("the flying dragon in the sky").

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim², jim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade-Giles: yen³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim², jim⁵
  - Yale: yím, yíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim², jim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim², yim⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/, /jiːm¹³/

Definitions

龑

The adopted personal name of Liu Yan (889–942).

References

Hanyu Da Zidian (in Mandarin), Taiwan: Jianhong Publishers, 2007, →ISBN
(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

龑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

high and bright

Readings

Goon: げん (gen)
Kan’on: えん (en)

Usage notes

This kanji usage is extremely rare in Japanese. An example usage of this kanji is the use of the Chinese emperor name Liu Yan which can be read in Japanese as 劉 (りゅう)龑 (げん) (Ryū Gen).

Vietnamese

Han character

龑 (nghiễm)

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