# 欦

| 欦 | U+6B26, &#27430; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B26 |
| ← 欥 [U+6B25] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 欧 → [U+6B27] |

## Translingual
### Han character

欦 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓弓人 (ONNO) or 難人弓弓人 (XONNO), composition ⿰今欠)

#### Derived characters

* 𡸛, 𢉄

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 566, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16019
* Dae Jaweon: page 955, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2136, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6B26

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 貪 | *kʰl'uːm |
| 嗿 | *l̥ʰuːmʔ |
| 僋 | *l̥ʰuːms, *luːms |
| 酓 | *qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms |
| 馠 | *qʰɯːm |
| 谽 | *qʰɯːm |
| 唅 | *qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms |
| 含 | *ɡɯːm |
| 肣 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 頷 | *ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ |
| 筨 | *ɡɯːm |
| 梒 | *ɡɯːm |
| 鋡 | *ɡɯːm |
| 莟 | *ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms |
| 琀 | *ɡɯːms |
| 浛 | *ɡɯːms |
| 盦 | *qɯːm, *qaːb |
| 韽 | *qɯːm, *qrɯːms |
| 玪 | *krɯːm |
| 妗 | *qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms |
| 欦 | *qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm |
| 黔 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 鈐 | *ɡram |
| 鳹 | *ɡram |
| 雂 | *ɡram, *ɡrɯm |
| 念 | *nɯːms |
| 梣 | *sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm |
| 枔 | *sɢrɯm |
| 岑 | *sɡrɯm |
| 笒 | *sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms |
| 涔 | *sɡrɯm |
| 侺 | *ɡjɯms |
| 今 | *krɯm |
| 黅 | *krɯm |
| 衿 | *krɯm |
| 衾 | *kʰrɯm |
| 坅 | *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 搇 | *kʰrɯms |
| 琴 | *ɡrɯm |
| 禽 | *ɡrɯm |
| 芩 | *ɡrɯm |
| 庈 | *ɡrɯm |
| 耹 | *ɡrɯm |
| 靲 | *ɡrɯm |
| 擒 | *ɡrɯm |
| 檎 | *ɡrɯm |
| 紟 | *ɡrɯms |
| 吟 | *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms |
| 訡 | *ŋɡrɯm |
| 廞 | *qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ |
| 陰 | *qrɯm |
| 霠 |
| 飲 | *qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms |
| 蔭 | *qrɯms |
| 廕 | *qrɯms |
| 矜 | *ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiān (qian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): him$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cian
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^1$
*** Yale: chyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: him$^1$
*** Yale: hīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: him$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: him$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khjaemX
Rime :
| Character | 欦 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 嚴 (145) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丘广切 |
| Baxter | khjaemX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨɐm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiɐm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiɐm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɨam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiɐm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭɐm$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ɐm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | him$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰram/, /*kʰlam/, /*kʰlamʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 欦 | 欦 | 欦 |
| Reading # | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| No. | 6584 | 6586 | 6587 |
| Phonetic component | 今 | 今 | 今 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 㪁 | 欦 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰram/ | /*kʰlam/ | /*kʰlamʔ/ |

### Definitions

欦
* to wear a smile
* (literary) extremely wise
* (literary) excessive wisdom

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): him$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: him$^1$
*** Yale: hīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: him$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: him$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːm⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xem, xeamX
Rime :
| Character | 欦 | 欦 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 添 (157) | 咸 (151) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | II |
| Fanqie | 許兼切 | 火斬切 |
| Baxter | xem | xeamX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hem/ | /hˠɛm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hem/ | /hᵚæm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xɛm/ | /xɐm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɛm/ | /həɨm$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xem/ | /xɐm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xiem/ | /xɐm$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xiem/ | /xăm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiān | xiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | him$^1$ | haam$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrɯːmʔ/, /*qʰlɯːm/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 欦 | 欦 |
| Reading # | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| No. | 6577 | 6589 |
| Phonetic component | 今 | 今 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 闞 | 馦 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰrɯːmʔ/ | /*qʰlɯːm/ |

### Definitions

欦
* greed; avarice

#### References

* Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 134