# 嬮

| 嬮 | U+5B2E, &#23342; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B2E |
| ← 嬭 [U+5B2D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬯 → [U+5B2F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬮 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一大女 (MKV), four-corner 7140$_4$, composition ⿸厭女)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6825
* Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1086, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5B2E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 猒 | *qem, *qems |
| 懕 | *qem |
| 饜 | *qem, *qems |
| 嬮 | *qem, *qems, *qeb |
| 厭 | *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb |
| 黶 | *qemʔ |
| 檿 | *qemʔ |
| 魘 | *qemʔ, *qeb |
| 厴 | *qemʔ |
| 擪 | *qemʔ, *qeb |
| 壓 | *qreːb |
| 靨 | *qeb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qem, *qems, *qeb) : phonetic 厭 (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic 女 (“female”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yān (yan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^1$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: 'jiem
Rime :
| Character | 嬮 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 一鹽切 |
| Baxter | 'jiem |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiᴇm/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɛm/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔjæm/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔiam/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɛm/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛm/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qem/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬮 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 14419 |
| Phonetic component | 猒 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 懕 |
| Old Chinese | /*qem/ |

#### Definitions

嬮
* fine; good
* calm; tranquil

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàn (yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^3$
* 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$^3$
*** Yale: yim
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'jiemH
Rime :
| Character | 嬮 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於豔切 |
| Baxter | 'jiemH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔjæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔi̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qems/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬮 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 14429 |
| Phonetic component | 猒 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 厭 |
| Old Chinese | /*qems/ |

#### Definitions

嬮
* Only used in 嬮嬱／𰋽嬱 (“beauty”).

### References

* “嬮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)、えふ (efu)
* Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi)