# 蔫

| 蔫 | U+852B, &#34091; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852B |
| ← 蔪 [U+852A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔬 → [U+852C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿一卜火 (TMYF), four-corner 4432$_7$, composition ⿱艹焉)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31837
* Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3274, character 18
* Unihan data for U+852B

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qran, *qan): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焉 (OC *qran, *ɢan, *qan).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niān (nian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niān
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nian
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^1$
*** Yale: nyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
*** Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nianr
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: nyānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhial
*** Palladius: няньр (njanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^1$
*** Yale: yīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen
Rime :
| Character | 蔫 | 蔫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 謁言切 | 於乾切 |
| Baxter | 'jon | 'jen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨɐn/ | /ʔˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨan/ | /ʔian/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔjɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɐn/ | /ĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɨ̯ɐn/ | /ʔi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | yān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^1$ | jin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蔫 | 蔫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14230 | 14234 |
| Phonetic component | 焉 | 焉 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 焉 | 蔫 |
| Old Chinese | /*qran/ | /*qan/ |

#### Definitions

蔫
* listless
* (dialectal) slow-tempered; sluggish

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niān, yān (nian$^1$, yan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ, ㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iêng$^1$ / iang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niān
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nian
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^1$
*** Yale: nyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
*** Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** 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: lian
*** Tâi-lô: lian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iêng$^1$ / iang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ieng / iang
*** Sinological IPA : /ieŋ³³/, /iaŋ³³/
* iêng1 - Chaozhou;
* iang1 - Shantou, Singapore.
* Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen
Rime :
| Character | 蔫 | 蔫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 謁言切 | 於乾切 |
| Baxter | 'jon | 'jen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨɐn/ | /ʔˠiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔᵚiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔiæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨan/ | /ʔian/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɐn/ | /ʔjɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭɐn/ | /ĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɨ̯ɐn/ | /ʔi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | yān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^1$ | jin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蔫 | 蔫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14230 | 14234 |
| Phonetic component | 焉 | 焉 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 焉 | 蔫 |
| Old Chinese | /*qran/ | /*qan/ |

#### Definitions

蔫
* wilted; shrivelled
* not fresh

### Compounds

* 打蔫 (dǎniān)
* 打蔫兒 / 打蔫儿 (dǎniānr)
* 蔫不唧
* 蔫呼呼
* 蔫土匪
* 蔫拱
* 蔫甘

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)
* Kun: しぼむ (shibomu)