# 儼

| 儼 | U+513C, &#20796; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513C |
| ← 儻 [U+513B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 儽 → [U+513D] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 儼 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𠑊 |
| Simplified | 俨 |

### Han character

儼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+20, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口口大 (ORRK), four-corner 2624$_8$, composition ⿰亻嚴)

#### Derived characters

* 𭍍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 122, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1324
* Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 240, character 2
* Unihan data for U+513C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 儼
* Bronze inscriptionsb12259Small seal scripts05714Transcribed ancient scriptsL35502L18748L18749L18747
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 撖 | *kʰɯːm, *kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ |
| 澉 | *l̥ʰaːms, *klaːmʔ |
| 噉 | *l'aːmʔ |
| 敢 | *klaːmʔ |
| 橄 | *klaːmʔ |
| 瞰 | *kʰlaːms |
| 闞 | *kʰlaːms, *qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms |
| 憨 | *qʰaːm, *qʰlaːms |
| 譀 | *qʰlaːms, *qʰraːms, *qʰraːb |
| 巖 | *ŋraːm |
| 礹 | *ŋraːm, *ŋamʔ |
| 豃 | *qʰraːmʔ |
| 讝 | *kjam |
| 玁 | *hŋramʔ |
| 嚴 | *ŋam |
| 儼 | *ŋamʔ |
| 曮 | *ŋamʔ |
| 釅 | *ŋams |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn (yan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): giám
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiêm$^2$ / ngiam$^2$ / ngiang$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$
*** Yale: yǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^5$
*** Yale: yíhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giám
*** Tâi-lô: giám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: giarm
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡiam⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngiêm$^2$ / ngiam$^2$ / ngiang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiém / ngiám / ngiáng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋiem⁵²/, /ŋiam⁵²/, /ŋiaŋ⁵²/
* ngiêm2 - Chaozhou;
* ngiam2 - Shantou;
* ngiang2 - Chenghai.
* Middle Chinese: ngjaemX
Rime :
| Character | 儼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 嚴 (145) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 魚掩切 |
| Baxter | ngjaemX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨɐm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɨam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭɐm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯ɐm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)[a]mʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋamʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 儼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjæm$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ(r)[a]mʔ/ |
| English | dignified |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 儼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3693 |
| Phonetic component | 敢 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋamʔ/ |
| Notes | 原誤魯掩切依王韻校正， 巾箱本魚不誤 |

### Definitions

儼
* (literary) grave, respectful, majestic
* (literary) as if, seemingly, like
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to raise one's head
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) neatly arranged

#### Compounds

* 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú)
* 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
* 智儼 / 智俨

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𠑊 |
| Kyūjitai | 儼 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠑊)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): げん (gen)
* Kun: おごそか (ogosoka)、いかめしい (ikameshii)

#### Compounds

* 儼(げん)然(ぜん)／𠑊(げん)然(ぜん) (genzen)

## Korean
### Hanja

儼 (eum 엄 (eom))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

儼: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễm
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