# 黯

| 黯 | U+9EEF, &#40687; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EEF |
| ← 黮 [U+9EEE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 黰 → [U+9EF0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

黯 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+9, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜廿日 (WFYTA), four-corner 6036$_1$, composition ⿰黑音)
* dark, black
* sullen, dreary

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1521, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48159
* Dae Jaweon: page 2056, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4753, character 16
* Unihan data for U+9EEF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黯 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 諳 | *qɯːm |
| 腤 | *qɯːm |
| 嬜 | *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm |
| 喑 | *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms |
| 揞 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms |
| 隌 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm |
| 罯 | *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb |
| 暗 | *qɯːms |
| 闇 | *qɯːms |
| 黯 | *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ |
| 歆 | *qʰrɯm |
| 愔 | *qɯm |
| 韾 | *qɯm |
| 音 | *qrɯm |
| 瘖 | *qrɯm |
| 窨 | *qrɯms |
| 湆 | *kʰrɯb |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): àn (an$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): am$^2$ / am$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): am$^2$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): am$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ám
    (Teochew, Peng'im): am$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: àn
*** Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: àn
*** Wade–Giles: an$^4$
*** Yale: àn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: am$^2$ / am$^3$
*** Yale: ám / am
*** Cantonese Pinyin: am$^2$ / am$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: em$^2$ / em$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐm³⁵/, /ɐm³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: am$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /am⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: am$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /am⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ám
*** Tâi-lô: ám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: arm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /am⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /am⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /am⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /am⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: am$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àm
*** Sinological IPA : /am²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: 'eam, 'eamX
Rime :
| Character | 黯 | 黯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 咸 (151) | 咸 (151) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 乙咸切 | 乙減切 |
| Baxter | 'eam | 'eamX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠɛm/ | /ʔˠɛm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚæm/ | /ʔᵚæm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɐm/ | /ʔɐm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəɨm/ | /ʔəɨm$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɐm/ | /ʔɐm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɐm/ | /ɐm$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔăm/ | /ʔăm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aam$^1$ | aam$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːm/, /*qrɯːmʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 黯 | 黯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15216 | 15217 |
| Phonetic component | 音 | 音 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 侵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𤟟 | 黯 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrɯːm/ | /*qrɯːmʔ/ |

### Definitions

黯
* dim, dark

#### Compounds

* 昏黯黲／昏黯黪
* 汲黯
* 黝黯
* 黯慘／黯惨
* 黯淡 (àndàn)
* 黯淡無光／黯淡无光 (àndànwúguāng)
* 黯然 (ànrán)
* 黯然失色 (ànránshīsè)
* 黯然無色／黯然无色
* 黯然神傷／黯然神伤 (ànránshénshāng)
* 黯然銷魂／黯然销魂
* 黯黑 (ànhēi)
* 黯黯
* 黯黮

### References

* “黯”, 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)
* black
* dark

#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en)
* Kan-on: あん (an)
* Kun: くらい (kurai, 黯い)、くろい (kuroi)

## Korean
### Hanja

黯 • (am) (hangeul 암, revised am, McCune–Reischauer am, Yale am)
* dark, black
* sullen, dreary

## Vietnamese
### Han character

黯: Hán Nôm readings: ảm
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