# 豔

| 豔 | U+8C54, &#35924; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C54 |
| ← 豓 [U+8C53] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 豕 → [U+8C55] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 豔 |
| Shinjitai | 艶 |
| Simplified | 艳 |

### Han character

豔 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆+21, 28 strokes, cangjie input 山廿土戈廿 (UTGIT), four-corner 5411$_7$, composition ⿰豐盍)

#### Derived characters

* 灩

#### Related characters

* 艷, 豓 (Variant forms of 豔)
* 艶 (Japanese shinjitai) and 艳 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1194, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36332
* Dae Jaweon: page 1656, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3570, character 15
* Unihan data for U+8C54

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 豔
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 豔 | *lams |
| 灩 | *lams |
Originally 豓. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lams) : semantic 豐 (“abundant, great”) + phonetic 盇 (corrupted to 盍).

### Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs, though with uncertainty, *r-jams > *jams, compares it to Thai เรี่ยม (riam$^{B2}$), and proposes it was from Tai.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàn (yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yam
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yam$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iām
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iam$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$
*** Yale: yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^6$
*** Yale: yihm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
*** Hakka Romanization System: iam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯am⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yam
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯am⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /iam⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām
*** Tâi-lô: iām
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iam³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iam$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iām
*** Sinological IPA : /iam¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
* Middle Chinese: yemH
Rime :
| Character | 豔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以贍切 |
| Baxter | yemH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /jæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lams/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 豔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14470 |
| Phonetic component | 豔 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豔 |
| Old Chinese | /*lams/ |

### Definitions

豔
* (of color) bright and gorgeous; gaudy
* relating to love relationships; romantic
* (literary) to envy; to admire
* a surname

### Compounds

* 三婦豔／三妇艳
* 仙豔／仙艳
* 側豔／侧艳
* 側辭豔曲／侧辞艳曲
* 光豔／光艳
* 光豔豔／光艳艳
* 冷豔／冷艳 (lěngyàn)
* 冶豔／冶艳
* 凄豔
* 凡豔／凡艳
* 叢豔／丛艳
* 古豔／古艳
* 吐豔／吐艳
* 吳娃越豔／吴娃越艳
* 哀感頑豔／哀感顽艳
* 哀豔／哀艳 (āiyàn)
* 嘉豔／嘉艳
* 國豔／国艳
* 夭豔／夭艳
* 夸妍鬥豔／夸妍斗艳
* 夸豔
* 妖豔／妖艳 (yāoyàn)
* 姣豔／姣艳
* 妍豔／妍艳
* 姝豔／姝艳
* 嫩豔／嫩艳
* 嬌豔／娇艳 (jiāoyàn)
* 嬖豔／嬖艳
* 孤豔／孤艳
* 宋豔／宋艳
* 寒豔／寒艳
* 富豔／富艳
* 小豔／小艳
* 屈豔班香／屈艳班香
* 彩豔／彩艳
* 悽豔／凄艳
* 慕豔／慕艳
* 拈花摘豔／拈花摘艳
* 拈華摘豔／拈华摘艳
* 拴搐豔段／拴搐艳段
* 搖豔／摇艳
* 摛豔／摛艳
* 摘豔薰香／摘艳薰香
* 文豔／文艳
* 新豔／新艳
* 明豔／明艳 (míngyàn)
* 明豔動人／明艳动人
* 晚豔／晚艳
* 晱豔／晱艳
* 晶豔／晶艳
* 暖豔／暖艳
* 柳夭桃豔／柳夭桃艳
* 柔豔／柔艳
* 楚豔／楚艳
* 槿豔／槿艳
* 欣豔／欣艳
* 歆豔／歆艳
* 殊豔尤態／殊艳尤态
* 泛豔／泛艳
* 流豔／流艳
* 浮豔／浮艳
* 淒豔／凄艳
* 淫豔／淫艳
* 清豔／清艳
* 溫香豔玉／温香艳玉
* 濃妝豔抹／浓妆艳抹 (nóngzhuāngyànmǒ)
* 濃妝豔服／浓妆艳服
* 濃妝豔裹／浓妆艳裹
* 濃妝豔飾／浓妆艳饰
* 濃桃豔李／浓桃艳李
* 濃粧豔飾／浓妆艳饰
* 澹豔／澹艳
* 濃豔／浓艳 (nóngyàn)
* 煙豔／烟艳
* 爭奇鬥豔／争奇斗艳
* 爭妍鬥豔／争妍斗艳 (zhēngyándòuyàn)
* 爭豔／争艳
* 狂豔／狂艳
* 獵豔／猎艳 (lièyàn)
* 玉豔／玉艳
* 班香宋豔／班香宋艳
* 瑰豔／瑰艳
* 發豔／发艳
* 睿豔
* 研豔／研艳
* 破豔／破艳
* 神豔／神艳
* 稚豔／稚艳
* 穠豔／秾艳
* 紅豔豔／红艳艳 (hóngyànyàn)
* 綺豔／绮艳
* 纖豔／纤艳
* 美豔／美艳 (měiyàn)
* 色豔桃李／色艳桃李
* 花根本豔／花根本艳
* 花豔／花艳
* 英豔／英艳
* 荊豔／荆艳
* 華豔／华艳
* 褒豔／褒艳
* 誣豔／诬艳
* 豐豔／丰艳
* 豔什／艳什
* 豔冠群芳／艳冠群芳
* 豔冶／艳冶 (yànyě)
* 豔卉／艳卉
* 豔叢／艳丛
* 豔史／艳史
* 豔品／艳品
* 豔唱／艳唱
* 豔女／艳女
* 豔如桃李／艳如桃李
* 豔妝／艳妆 (yànzhuāng)
* 豔妻／艳妻
* 豔姿／艳姿
* 豔姝／艳姝
* 豔娣／艳娣
* 豔姬／艳姬
* 豔媚／艳媚
* 豔嬌／艳娇
* 豔字／艳字
* 豔容／艳容
* 豔射／艳射
* 豔尸
* 豔巧／艳巧
* 豔帳／艳帐
* 豔思／艳思
* 豔情／艳情 (yànqíng)
* 豔意／艳意
* 豔態／艳态
* 豔慕／艳慕
* 豔才／艳才
* 豔明／艳明
* 豔星／艳星
* 豔景／艳景
* 豔晶晶／艳晶晶
* 豔曜／艳曜
* 豔曲／艳曲
* 豔曳／艳曳
* 豔服／艳服
* 豔條／艳条
* 豔歌／艳歌 (yàngē)
* 豔歌行／艳歌行
* 豔段／艳段
* 豔波／艳波
* 豔游／艳游
* 豔爛／艳烂
* 豔發／艳发
* 豔福／艳福 (yànfú)
* 豔私／艳私
* 豔稱／艳称
* 豔窟／艳窟
* 豔笑／艳笑
* 豔粉／艳粉
* 豔粧／艳妆
* 豔約／艳约
* 豔紅／艳红 (yànhóng)
* 豔紫妖紅／艳紫妖红
* 豔絕／艳绝
* 豔絕一時／艳绝一时
* 豔美／艳美 (yànměi)
* 豔美無敵／艳美无敌
* 豔美絕俗／艳美绝俗
* 豔羡
* 豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn)
* 豔耀／艳耀
* 豔聞／艳闻
* 豔聲／艳声
* 豔舉／艳举
* 豔舞／艳舞
* 豔色／艳色
* 豔色絕世／艳色绝世
* 豔色耀目／艳色耀目
* 豔花／艳花
* 豔芳／艳芳
* 豔茂／艳茂
* 豔萼／艳萼
* 豔葩／艳葩
* 豔蕊／艳蕊
* 豔藻／艳藻
* 豔裔／艳裔
* 豔裝／艳装
* 豔詞／艳词
* 豔詩／艳诗 (yànshī)
* 豔說／艳说
* 豔語／艳语
* 豔豔／艳艳
* 豔象／艳象
* 豔質／艳质
* 豔辭／艳辞
* 豔逸／艳逸
* 豔遇／艳遇 (yànyù)
* 豔采
* 豔陽／艳阳 (yànyáng)
* 豔陽天／艳阳天 (yànyángtiān)
* 豔陽年／艳阳年
* 豔陽日／艳阳日
* 豔陽節／艳阳节
* 豔陽高照／艳阳高照
* 豔雪／艳雪
* 豔靡／艳靡
* 豔韻／艳韵
* 豔題／艳题
* 豔飾／艳饰
* 豔骨／艳骨
* 豔體／艳体
* 豔魄／艳魄
* 豔麗／艳丽 (yànlì)
* 豔麗奪目／艳丽夺目
* 豔黠／艳黠
* 貞豔／贞艳
* 越豔／越艳
* 輕豔／轻艳
* 逞豔／逞艳
* 逸豔／逸艳
* 遒豔／遒艳
* 遙豔／遥艳
* 選豔／选艳
* 酒豔／酒艳
* 野豔／野艳
* 閒豔／闲艳
* 閨豔／闺艳
* 雄豔／雄艳
* 雅豔／雅艳
* 雪豔／雪艳
* 霞光豔豔／霞光艳艳
* 霜豔／霜艳
* 青豔／青艳
* 靚豔／靓艳
* 頑豔／顽艳
* 風豔／风艳
* 養豔／养艳
* 香豔／香艳 (xiāngyàn)
* 驕豔／骄艳
* 驚才絕豔／惊才绝艳
* 驚豔／惊艳 (jīngyàn)
* 高豔／高艳
* 鬥豔／斗艳
* 鬥豔爭妍／斗艳争妍
* 鬥豔爭芳／斗艳争芳
* 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)
* 鮮豔奪目／鲜艳夺目
* 麗色豔粧／丽色艳妆

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Alternative form of 艷, which is the kyūjitai form of 艶

#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en)
* Kan-on: えん (en)
* Kun: あでやか (adeyaka, 豔やか)、つや (tsuya, 豔)、つやめく (tsuyameku, 豔めく)、なまめかしい (namamekashii, 豔かしい)、なまめく (namameku, 豔めく)
* Nanori: おお (ō)、もろ (moro)、よし (yoshi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

豔: Hán Nôm readings: diệm, diễm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation