# 殮

| 殮 | U+6BAE, &#27566; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BAE |
| ← 殭 [U+6BAD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 殯 → [U+6BAF] |
| 殮 | U+F9A5, &#63909; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A5 |
| ← 捻 [U+F9A4] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 簾 → [U+F9A6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

殮 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一弓人一人 (MNOMO), four-corner 1828$_6$, composition ⿰歹僉)
* to dress a corpse for burial

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 583, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16590
* Dae Jaweon: page 976, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1395, character 11
* Unihan data for U+6BAE
* Unihan data for U+F9A5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 厱 | *raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam |
| 歛 | *qʰlaːm |
| 臉 | *ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ |
| 醶 | *ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ |
| 鹼 | *kreːmʔ, *skʰlam |
| 薟 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram |
| 匳 | *ɡ·ram |
| 獫 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ |
| 蘞 | *ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam |
| 籢 | *ɡ·ram |
| 斂 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 瀲 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams |
| 撿 | *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ |
| 羷 | *ɡ·ramʔ |
| 殮 | *ɡ·rams |
| 簽 | *skʰlam |
| 僉 | *skʰlam |
| 憸 | *skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 譣 | *skʰlam, *qʰramʔ |
| 檢 | *kramʔ |
| 瞼 | *kramʔ |
| 儉 | *ɡramʔ |
| 顩 | *ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ |
| 嬐 | *ŋramʔ |
| 嶮 | *ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ |
| 噞 | *ŋramʔ, *ŋrams |
| 驗 | *ŋrams |
| 險 | *qʰramʔ |
| 劒 | *kams |
| 劍 | *kams |
| 𩏩 | *qʰam |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liàn (lian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lim$^5$ / lim$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liam
    (Hailu, HRS): liam$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): liêng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieng$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám / liām
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liàn
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^4$
*** Yale: lyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liann
*** Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lim$^5$ / lim$^6$
*** Yale: líhm / lihm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lim$^5$ / lim$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lim$^5$ / lim$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːm¹³/, /liːm²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liam
*** Hakka Romanization System: liam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯am⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liam$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /liam³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liêng
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iɛŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lieng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /liɛŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám / liām
*** Tâi-lô: liám / liām
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liarm, liam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³/, /liam²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁵⁵⁴/, /liam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam⁵³/, /liam²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liam⁵³/, /liam³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam⁴¹/, /liam³³/
* Middle Chinese: ljemH
Rime :
| Character | 殮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力驗切 |
| Baxter | ljemH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lim$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rams/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 殮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10198 |
| Phonetic component | 僉 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 殮 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·rams/ |

### Definitions

殮
* to put a dead body into a coffin

### Compounds

* 入殮 / 入殓 (rùliàn)
* 含殮 / 含殓
* 埋殮 / 埋殓
* 大殮 / 大殓 (dàliàn)
* 小殮 / 小殓
* 成殮 / 成殓 (chéngliàn)
* 攢殮 / 攒殓
* 收殮 / 收殓 (shōuliàn)
* 棺殮 / 棺殓
* 殮房 / 殓房 (liànfáng)
* 殮殯 / 殓殡
* 殯殮 / 殡殓 (bìnliàn)
* 盛殮 / 盛殓 (chéngliàn)
* 裝殮 / 装殓
* 送殮 / 送殓
* 閉殮 / 闭殓

### References

* “殮”, 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–
* William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, pages 443, 444.
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “殮”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “殮”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “Entry #11441”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “殓”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 138.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to encoffin

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): れん (ren)
* Kun: おさめる (osameru, 殮める)

#### Compounds

* 殮葬(れんそう) (rensō, “encoffinment and burial”)

## Korean
### Hanja

殮 • (ryeom>yeom) (hangeul 렴>염, revised ryeom>yeom, McCune–Reischauer ryŏm>yŏm, Yale lyem>yem)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

殮: Hán Nôm readings: liệm, liễm, lịm
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