# 嫣

| 嫣 | U+5AE3, &#23267; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AE3 |
| ← 嫢 [U+5AE2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫤 → [U+5AE4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嫣 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一卜火 (VMYF), four-corner 4142$_7$, composition ⿰女焉)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 270, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6659
* Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1079, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5AE3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嘕 | *qʰran |
| 嫣 | *qʰran, *qran, *qranʔ, *qans |
| 焉 | *qran, *ɢan, *qan |
| 鄢 | *qran, *qanʔ, *qans |
| 蔫 | *qran, *qan |
| 漹 | *ɢan, *qans |
| 傿 | *qans |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yān (yan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian
* 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: jin$^1$
*** Yale: yīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian
*** Tâi-lô: ian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: xjien, 'jen, 'jenX, 'jonH
Rime :
| Character | 嫣 | 嫣 | 嫣 | 嫣 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 仙 (79) | 仙 (79) | 元 (65) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 許延切 | 於乾切 | 於蹇切 | 於建切 |
| Baxter | xjien | 'jen | 'jenX | 'jonH |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hiᴇn/ | /ʔˠiᴇn/ | /ʔˠiᴇn$^X$/ | /ʔɨɐn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɛn/ | /ʔᵚiɛn/ | /ʔᵚiɛn$^X$/ | /ʔiɐn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xjæn/ | /ʔiæn/ | /ʔiæn$^X$/ | /ʔiɐn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hian/ | /ʔian/ | /ʔian$^X$/ | /ʔɨan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɛn/ | /ʔjɛn/ | /ʔjɛn$^X$/ | /ʔiɐn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭɛn/ | /ĭɛn/ | /ĭɛn$^X$/ | /ĭɐn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xi̯ɛn/ | /ʔi̯ɛn/ | /ʔi̯ɛn$^X$/ | /ʔɨ̯ɐn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiān | yān | yǎn | yàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hin$^1$ | jin$^1$ | jin$^2$ | jin$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰran/, /*qran/, /*qranʔ/, /*qans/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嫣 | 嫣 | 嫣 | 嫣 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 14226 | 14229 | 14231 | 14240 |
| Phonetic component | 焉 | 焉 | 焉 | 焉 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嘕 | 焉 | 㫃 | 堰 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰran/ | /*qran/ | /*qranʔ/ | /*qans/ |

### Definitions

嫣
* (of appearance) beautiful

#### Compounds

* 奼紫嫣紅／姹紫嫣红 (chàzǐyānhóng)
* 嫣然 (yānrán)
* 嫣然一笑
* 嫣紅／嫣红 (yānhóng)
* 蟬嫣／蝉嫣

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* beautiful
* beauty

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)

## Korean
### Hanja

嫣 (eum 언 (eon))
* beautiful, beauty

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嫣: Hán Nôm readings: yên
* beautiful

#### References

* Nom Foundation