# 弇

| 弇 | U+5F07, &#24327; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F07 |
| ← 弆 [U+5F06] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 弈 → [U+5F08] |

## Translingual
### Han character

弇 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口廿 (ORT), four-corner 8044$_6$, composition ⿱合廾)
* cover over, hide
* narrow-necked

#### Derived characters

* 啽, 媕, 揜, 渰, 鞥, 黭, 葊
* 𡹮, 𢜰, 𣉂, 𭫃, 𦝡, 𥚫, 𧍬, 𧩸, 𰸡, 𮪓, 𠝢, 𩀂, 𪂻, 𮅫, 𰴊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 354, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9610
* Dae Jaweon: page 669, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 516, character 16
* Unihan data for U+5F07

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弇 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 弇 | *kɯːm, *qramʔ |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 黭 | *qɯːmʔ |
| 揜 | *qaːmʔ, *qramʔ |
| 渰 | *qramʔ |
| 鞥 | *qɯːŋ, *qɯːb |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn, yān (yan$^3$, yan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ, ㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^2$
* 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/
** (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: jim$^2$
*** Yale: yím
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kom, 'jemX
Rime :
| Character | 弇 | 弇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 覃 (159) | 鹽 (154) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 古南切 | 衣儉切 |
| Baxter | kom | 'jemX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʌm/ | /ʔˠiᴇm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəm/ | /ʔᵚiɛm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɒm/ | /ʔiæm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəm/ | /ʔjiam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kᴀm/ | /ʔjɛm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɒm/ | /ĭɛm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kăm/ | /ʔi̯ɛm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gān | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gam$^1$ | jim$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːm/, /*qramʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 弇 | 弇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14364 | 14371 |
| Phonetic component | 弇 | 弇 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 弇 | 奄 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯːm/ | /*qramʔ/ |

### Definitions

弇
* (literary) to cover over; to hide
* (literary) to adopt; to follow
* (literary) narrow-necked
* (literary) deep

#### Compounds

* 侈弇
* 弇中
* 弇山
* 弇茲 / 弇兹
* 弇陋

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cover over
* hide
* narrow-necked

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)、かん (kan)、こん (kon)、だん (dan)、なん (nan)
* Kun: おおう (ōu)

## Korean
### Hanja

弇 (eum 감 (gam))
* cover over, hide
* narrow-necked

## Vietnamese
### Han character

弇: Hán Nôm readings: yểm
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#### References

* Nom Foundation