# 咹

| 咹 | U+54B9, &#21689; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54B9 |
| ← 咸 [U+54B8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咺 → [U+54BA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咹 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口十女 (RJV), four-corner 6304$_4$, composition ⿰口安)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 187, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3564
* Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 623, character 3
* Unihan data for U+54B9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 安 | *qaːn |
| 鞍 | *qaːn |
| 鞌 | *qaːn |
| 侒 | *qaːn |
| 按 | *qaːns |
| 案 | *qaːns |
| 洝 | *qaːns |
| 荌 | *qaːns |
| 晏 | *qaːns, *qraːns |
| 鴳 | *qraːns |
| 騴 | *qraːns |
| 鷃 | *qraːns |
| 頞 | *qaːd |
| 胺 | *qaːd |
| 咹 | *qaːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːd): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: 'at
Rime :
| Character | 咹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏葛切 |
| Baxter | 'at |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ot$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qaːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 26 |
| Phonetic component | 安 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遏 |
| Old Chinese | /*qaːd/ |

#### Definitions

咹
* (historical dictionaries only) to eat
* (historical dictionaries only) to talk silently
* (historical dictionaries only) to stop

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): àn (an$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ
* 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/

#### Definitions

咹
* (historical dictionaries only) stopping of sound

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ān (an$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ān
*** Zhuyin: ㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: an
*** Wade–Giles: an$^1$
*** Yale: ān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咹
* Alternative form of 唵 (ān, “interjection indicating response: yeah”)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ǎn (an$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄢˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
*** Wade–Giles: an$^3$
*** Yale: ǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

咹
* Alternative form of 唵 (ǎn, “interjection indicating doubt”)

### Pronunciation 5

* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^1$ / on$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^1$ / on$^1$
*** Yale: hōn / ōn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^1$ / on$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^1$ / on$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn⁵⁵/, /ɔːn⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咹
* (Cantonese) sound of an automobile horn

### Compounds

* 咹咹
* 響咹 / 响咹

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): あつ (atsu)、あち (achi)、あん (an)
* Kun: どもる (domoru)、ささやく (sasayaku)、やむ (yamu)

## Tày
### Classifier

咹 (ăn)
* Nôm form of ăn (“Used for inanimate things that lack specific classifiers”).
    安腩𫭻咹奏Ăn nồm cợ ăn tẩuA breast as big as a bottle gourd

### Noun

咹 (ăn)
* Nôm form of ăn (“thing, specifically fruit”).
    南秋仙㓜許色咹Nẳm xo tiên au hẩư sắc ănThinking of asking the angels for some fruits.

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

咹: Nôm readings: ăn
* chữ Nôm form of ăn (“to eat”).

### References

* ↑ Nguyễn (2014).
* ↑ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* ↑ Trần (2004).

## Zhuang
### Classifier

咹
* Sawndip form of aen