# 苒

| 苒 | U+82D2, &#33490; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D2 |
| ← 苑 [U+82D1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 苓 → [U+82D3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

苒 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月 (TGB), four-corner 4455$_7$, composition ⿱艹冉)
* lush
* successively, in order

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30776
* Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3191, character 4
* Unihan data for U+82D2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 那 | *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls |
| 挪 | *naːl |
| 娜 | *naːlʔ |
| 柟 | *noːm, *njam, *njamʔ |
| 抩 | *noːm |
| 聃 | *n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm |
| 舑 | *n̥ʰaːm, *njam |
| 坍 | *n̥ʰaːm |
| 髯 | *njam, *njams |
| 蚺 | *njam |
| 呥 | *njam |
| 冉 | *njam, *njamʔ |
| 袡 | *njam |
| 苒 | *njamʔ |
| 姌 | *njamʔ, *neːmʔ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rǎn (ran$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám / jiâm / liâm
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rǎn
*** Wade–Giles: jan$^3$
*** Yale: rǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raan
*** Palladius: жань (žanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐän²¹⁴/
* 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: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám
*** Tâi-lô: liám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liarm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiâm
*** Tâi-lô: jiâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiaam
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziam²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm
*** Tâi-lô: liâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaam
*** IPA (Taipei): /liam²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nyemX
Rime :
| Character | 苒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而琰切 |
| Baxter | nyemX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njamʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 苒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10785 |
| Phonetic component | 冉 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 冉 |
| Old Chinese | /*njamʔ/ |

#### Definitions

苒
* luxuriant growth
* passing (of time)

#### Compounds

* 苒弱
* 苒苒
* 苒荏 (rǎnrěn)
* 荏苒 (rěnrǎn)
* 韶光荏苒
* 風塵荏苒 / 风尘荏苒

### Etymology 2

From English jam.

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám
*** Tâi-lô: liám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liarm
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³/

#### Definitions

苒
* (Xiamen Hokkien) fruit preserve; jam; jelly

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 果醬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 果醬, 果占 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 果醬, 果占, 占 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 果醬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 苒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 果醬 |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flourishing
* luxuriant

#### Readings

* Go-on: ねん (nen)
* Kan-on: ぜん (zen)

## Korean
### Hanja

苒 • (yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune–Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)
* lush
* successively
* in order

## Vietnamese
### Han character

苒: Hán Nôm readings: nhiễm
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