# 閹

| 閹 | U+95B9, &#38329; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95B9 |
| ← 閸 [U+95B8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閺 → [U+95BA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閹 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 7771$_6$, composition ⿵門奄)
* castrate
* eunuch

#### Derived characters

* 𤑷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
* Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 9
* Unihan data for U+95B9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 庵 | *qoːm, *qoːb |
| 鵪 | *qoːm |
| 菴 | *qoːm, *qrom |
| 馣 | *qoːm |
| 晻 | *qoːmʔ, *qromʔ |
| 唵 | *qoːmʔ |
| 黤 | *qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ |
| 埯 | *qaːmʔ, *qomʔ |
| 淹 | *qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms |
| 閹 | *qrom, *qromʔ |
| 崦 | *qrom |
| 醃 | *qrom, *qom |
| 掩 | *qromʔ |
| 奄 | *qromʔ |
| 罨 | *qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob |
| 裺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 俺 | *qromʔ, *qoms |
| 腌 | *qom, *qrob, *qob |
| 殗 | *qob |
| 餣 | *qob |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yān (yan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâm
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iam
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yān
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yan
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$
*** Yale: yān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^1$
*** Yale: yīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
*** Hakka Romanization System: iam$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯am²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâm
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam
*** Tâi-lô: iam
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iafm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iam⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'jem, 'jemX
Rime :
| Character | 閹 | 閹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 央炎切 | 衣儉切 |
| Baxter | 'jem | 'jemX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiᴇm/ | /ʔˠiᴇm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚiɛm/ | /ʔᵚiɛm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiæm/ | /ʔiæm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjiam/ | /ʔjiam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjɛm/ | /ʔjɛm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛm/ | /ĭɛm$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛm/ | /ʔi̯ɛm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^1$ | jim$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrom/, /*qromʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 閹 | 閹 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14339 | 14346 |
| Phonetic component | 奄 | 奄 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 淹 | 奄 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrom/ | /*qromʔ/ |

### Definitions

閹
* to castrate; to spay
* castrated person; eunuch

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 劁, 閹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 劁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 劁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 劁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 劁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 劁 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 挑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 挑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 摘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 摘, 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 摘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 摘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 劁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 劁, 摘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 劁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 劁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 劁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 劁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 劁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 鏾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 劁, 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 騸, 割 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 劁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 閹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 閹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 閹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 劁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 劁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 劁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 削 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 削 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 劁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 閹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 閹 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 羯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 劁 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 劁 |
| Jin | Datong | 劁 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 劁 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 劁 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 劁 |
| Jin | Linhe | 劁 |
| Jin | Jining | 劁 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 劁 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 劁 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 劁 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 劁 |
| Jin | Handan | 劁 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 劁 |
| Jin | Suide | 劁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閹 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 騸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 騸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 騸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 騸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 鏾 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 騸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 騸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 騸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 騸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 騸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 鏾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 騸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 閹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 鏾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 騸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 騸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鏾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騸 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 騸 |
| Jin | Datong | 騸 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 騸 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 騸 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 騸 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騸 |
| Jin | Jining | 騸 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 騸 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 騸 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 騸 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 騸 |
| Jin | Handan | 騸 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 騸 |
| Jin | Suide | 騸 |

### Compounds

* 天閹／天阉
* 閹人／阉人 (yānrén)
* 閹割／阉割 (yāngē)
* 閹官／阉官 (yānguān)
* 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn)
* 閹寺／阉寺 (yānsì)
* 閹然／阉然
* 閹豎／阉竖 (yānshù)
* 閹雞／阉鸡 (yānjī)
* 閹黨／阉党

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* eunuch

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: えん (en)
* Kan-on: えん (en)
* Kun: しもべ (shimobe, 閹)、めしつかい (meshitsukai, 閹)

#### Compounds

* 閹官(えんかん) (enkan)
* 閹人(えんじん) (enjin)

## Korean
### Hanja

閹 (eum 엄 (eom))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

閹: Hán Việt readings: yêm
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### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).