# 掞

| 掞 | U+639E, &#25502; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-639E |
| ← 掝 [U+639D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掟 → [U+639F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掞 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手火火 (QFF), four-corner 5908$_9$, composition ⿰扌炎)
* easy, smooth
* quiet
* suave

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12270
* Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1906, character 6
* Unihan data for U+639E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 倓 | *l'oːmʔ, *l'aːm, *l'aːms |
| 緂 | *l̥ʰaːm, *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam |
| 毯 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
| 菼 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ |
| 裧 | *l̥ʰaːmʔ, *l̥ʰjam, *l̥ʰjams |
| 賧 | *l̥ʰaːms |
| 睒 | *l̥ʰaːms, *hljamʔ |
| 舕 | *l̥ʰaːms |
| 談 | *l'aːm |
| 郯 | *l'aːm |
| 惔 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 錟 | *l'aːm |
| 淡 | *l'aːm, *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms, *lamʔ |
| 痰 | *l'aːm |
| 餤 | *l'aːm |
| 啖 | *l'aːmʔ, *l'aːms |
| 腅 | *l'aːms |
| 剡 | *ɦljamʔ, *lamʔ |
| 覢 | *hljamʔ |
| 掞 | *hljams |
| 炎 | *ɦlam |
| 琰 | *lamʔ |
| 棪 | *lamʔ |
| 扊 | *lamʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljams): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 炎 (OC *ɦlam).

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàn, yàn (shan$^4$, yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ, ㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$
*** Yale: yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^3$
*** Yale: sim
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm³³/
* Middle Chinese: syemH
Rime :
| Character | 掞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (153) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舒贍切 |
| Baxter | syemH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇm$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæm$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiam$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛm$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛm$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛm$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sim$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljams/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 掞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14314 |
| Phonetic component | 炎 |
| Rime group | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閃 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljams/ |

##### Definitions

掞
* (Classical) to express with (especially words); (of words) to exaggerate with; to embellish; (of a quality) to project, radiate
* (Classical) to use up, exhaust; to reach the utmost

##### Compounds

* 彫掞 / 雕掞
* 掞張 / 掞张
* 掞藻
* 掞邁 / 掞迈
* 摛掞
* 撢掞

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yàn (yan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$
*** Yale: yàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹/

##### Definitions

掞
* (Classical) to shine; brilliant, splendid

##### Compounds

* 掞天
* 掞蔚
* 掞麗 / 掞丽

##### See also

* 豔／艳 (yàn)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 贍 (“rich; sufficient”). (This character is an obsolete form of 贍).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 剡 (“sharp; to sharpen”). (This character is an obsolete form of 剡).

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 掞 – see 㨛 (“swiftly, speedily”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 㨛).

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “掞”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01311

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): えん (en)、せん (sen)
* Kun: のべる (noberu, 掞べる)