# 餡

| 餡 | U+9921, &#39201; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9921 |
| ← 餠 [U+9920] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 餢 → [U+9922] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 餡 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰飠⿱⺈旧 |
| Simplified | 馅 |

### Han character

餡 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓竹難 (OINHX), four-corner 8777$_7$, composition ⿰飠臽)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1421, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44224
* Dae Jaweon: page 1947, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4460, character 17
* Unihan data for U+9921

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 萏 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 窞 | *l'oːmʔ |
| 惂 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 輡 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 錎 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 埳 | *kʰloːmʔ |
| 臽 | *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms |
| 淊 | *ɡloːmʔ, *qroːm, *qroːms, *lomʔ |
| 欿 | *ɡloːmʔ |
| 蜭 | *ɡloːmʔ, *ɡluːms |
| 啗 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 鵮 | *ʔr'oːm, *kʰroːm, *kʰroːms |
| 餡 | *ɡroːms |
| 陷 | *ɡroːms |
| 爓 | *ljom, *loms |
| 諂 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 讇 | *l̥ʰomʔ |
| 閻 | *lom |
| 焰 | *loms |
| 壛 | *lom |
| 櫩 | *lom |
| 燄 | *lomʔ |
| 掐 | *kʰroːb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡroːms): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 臽 (OC *kʰloːmʔ, *ɡroːms) – a kind of food.

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiàn (xian$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haam$^{6-2}$ / haam$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham$^{5*}$ / ham$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): han$^5$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ham$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xie$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): āng
* Eastern Min (BUC): âng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): or$^5$ / orⁿ$^5$ / hang$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): āⁿ / hām
    (Teochew, Peng'im): an$^7$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): a$^1$ / hiam$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghe; $^6$yi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xienn$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$
*** Yale: syàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (餡兒 / 馅儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiànr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siànr
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syànr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiall
*** Palladius: сяньр (sjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xian$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xian
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛn²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haam$^{6-2}$ / haam$^6$
*** Yale: háam / haahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haam$^{6-2}$ / haam$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ham$^{6-2}$ / ham$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːm²²⁻³⁵/, /haːm²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ham$^{5*}$ / ham$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ham³²⁻³²⁵/, /ham³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: han$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /han¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ham$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ham⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: āng
*** Sinological IPA : /aŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: âng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɑŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: or$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō̤ⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: orⁿ$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒ̃²¹/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hang$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hāng
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ²¹/
* or5/orⁿ5 - vernacular;
* hang5 - literary.
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːms/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 餡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13555 |
| Phonetic component | 臽 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡroːms/ |
| Notes | 豏膁後起字 |

### Definitions

餡
* filling (for dumplings, buns, etc.)
    蝦餃餡／虾饺馅 [Cantonese] ― haa$^1$ gaau$^2$ haam$^{6-2}$ [Jyutping] ― har gow filling
* (Cantonese, figurative, informal, humorous) baby in the womb; embryo; fetus

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 餡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 餡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 餡兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 餡兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 餡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 餡兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 餡兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 餡兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 餡子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 餡兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 餡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 餡, 餡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 餡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 餡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 餡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 餡子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 餡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 心子, 包心, 瓤子, 瓤瓤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 心心, 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 心子, 餡子, 餡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 餡子, 心心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 餡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 餡子, 餡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 包心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 包心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 餡兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 餡, 心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 餡子, 餡料, 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 餡子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 心子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 餡子, 餡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 餡子, 餡兒, 心子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 餡心, 餡子, 心子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 餡子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 包心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 兜心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 餡子, 心子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 心子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 心子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 餡子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 餡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 餡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 餡 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𩝥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 心子, 心 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 心子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 心仔, 餡仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 餡哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 餡 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 餡子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 心 |
| Hakka | Changting | 餡子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 心 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 臊子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 餡 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 餡 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 心子, 拌子, 餡子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 心子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 享料 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 心子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 餡心 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 餡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 餡餡, 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jin | Datong | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 餡子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 餡子, 餡餡 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 餡子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 餡子 |
| Jin | Jining | 餡子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 餡兒, 餡子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 餡子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 餡兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 餡兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 餡兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 餡兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 餡子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 餡, 餡仔, 瓤 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 餡 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 餡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 餡頭, 餡子, 心子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 心子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 瓤 |
| Wu | Danyang | 包餡, 包心, 包心菜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 餡子, 心子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 餡子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 餡心 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 餡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 心子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 心子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 心子 |

#### Compounds

* 入餡 / 入馅
* 填餡 / 填馅
* 夾餡 / 夹馅
* 夾餡兒 / 夹馅儿
* 攢餡兒 / 攒馅儿
* 果餡兒 / 果馅儿
* 果餡餅 / 果馅饼 (guǒxiànbǐng)
* 肉餡 / 肉馅 (ròuxiàn)
* 酸餡 / 酸馅
* 酸餡氣 / 酸馅气
* 露餡 / 露馅 (lòuxiàn)
* 露餡兒 / 露馅儿 (lòuxiànr)
* 餕餡 / 馂馅
* 餡兒 / 馅儿 (xiànr)
* 餡兒餅 / 馅儿饼 (xiànrbǐng)
* 餡子 / 馅子 (xiànzi)
* 餡料 / 馅料 (xiànliào)
* 餡草 / 馅草
* 餡餅 / 馅饼 (xiànbǐng)

### References

* “餡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “馅”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 420.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “馅”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 257.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰飠⿱⺈旧 |
| Kyūjitai | 餡 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰飠⿱⺈旧)
* bean jam

#### Readings

* Go-on: げん (gen)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Tō-on: あん (an)
* Kan’yō-on: あん (an)
* Kun: あんこ (anko)

#### Compounds

* 餡(あん)子(こ) (anko): azuki bean paste
* 餡(あん)饅(まん) (anman): bun with azuki bean paste filling
* 餡(あん)蜜(みつ) (anmitsu): anko with syrup and fruit
* Kanji in this term
* 餡
* あん Hyōgai
* on'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ã̠ɴ]

### Noun

餡(あん) • (an)
* bean jam

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

餡 • (ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune–Reischauer ham, Yale ham)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

餡: Hán Nôm readings: hãm
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