# 巘

| 巘 | U+5DD8, &#24024; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD8 |
| ← 巗 [U+5DD7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 巙 → [U+5DD9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

巘 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+20, 23 strokes, cangjie input 山卜月大 (UYBK), four-corner 2373$_4$, composition ⿰山獻)

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8651
* Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 809, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5DD8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 獻 | *sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad |
| 甗 | *ŋan, *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans |
| 巘 | *ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ |
| 讞 | *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans, *ŋrad |
| 鬳 | *ŋans |
| 瓛 | *ɦŋʷaːn |
| 囐 | *sɡaːd |
| 齾 | *ŋaːd, *ŋraːd |
| 钀 | *ŋrad, *ŋad |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋranʔ, *ŋanʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 獻 (OC *sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn (yan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^5$
* 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: jin$^5$
*** Yale: yíhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: ngjonX, ngjenX
Rime :
| Character | 巘 | 巘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 語偃切 | 魚蹇切 |
| Baxter | ngjonX | ngjenX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨɐn$^X$/ | /ŋˠiᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋiɐn$^X$/ | /ŋᵚiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɐn$^X$/ | /ŋiæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɨan$^X$/ | /ŋian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiɐn$^X$/ | /ŋjɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭɐn$^X$/ | /ŋĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋɨ̯ɐn$^X$/ | /ŋi̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^5$ | jin$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋranʔ/, /*ŋanʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 巘 | 巘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǎn | yǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjen$^X$ › | ‹ ngjon$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/ | /*ŋ(r)ar(ʔ)/ |
| English | hill; hilltop | hill; hilltop |
| 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 | 巘 | 巘 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14454 | 14460 |
| Phonetic component | 鬳 | 鬳 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 齴 | 𧥜 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋranʔ/ | /*ŋanʔ/ |

### Definitions

巘
* (literary) lower peak of a mountain; mountain appearing stacked or overlapping
    See also: 甗
* (literary) mountain peak; hilltop

### Compounds

* 巘巘／𪩘𪩘
* 疊巘／叠𪩘

### References

* “巘”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): げん (gen)、ごん (gon)、けん (ken)
* Kun: みね (mine, 巘)

## Korean
### Hanja

巘 (eumhun 봉우리 헌 (bong'uri heon))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 巘