匽

匽 U+533D, 匽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533D ← 匼 [U+533C] CJK Unified Ideographs 匾 → [U+533E]

Translingual

Han character

匽 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸日女 (SAV), four-corner 7171₄, composition ⿷匚妟 or ⿷匸妟)

1. to hide, to secrete, to repress
2. to bend

Derived characters

• 偃, 𠸯, 堰, 𪦈, 𡹶, 愝, 揠, 𣹐, 隁, 𣈿, 椻, 𣯄, 𤦵, 𥈔, 𥍻, 𥔌, 褗, 𮈧, 𦖧, 蝘, 𭲣, 䞁(𬥺), 躽, 䤷, 鰋(𫚢), 鼴
• 郾, 㰽, 𩀀, 鶠(𬸘), 𧓱, 𭅝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2684
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 19
• Unihan data for U+533D

Chinese

trad.		匽
simp. #		匽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匽
Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (妟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堰	*qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽	*qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘	*qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	*qanʔ, *qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	*qanʔ, *qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qanʔ) : semantic 匸 (“to hide”) + phonetic 妟 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jonX

Rime
Character	匽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於幰切
Baxter	'jonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨanX/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐnX/
Wang Li	/ĭɐnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匽
Reading #	1/1
No.	14389
Phonetic component	妟
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	偃
Old Chinese	/*qanʔ/
Notes	金文無上橫，象女日下偃隱處休息， 與宴妟同源

Definitions

匽

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Japanese

Kanji

匽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to hide
2. to secrete
3. to repress
4. to bend

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: かくす (kakusu, 匽す); ふす (fusu, 匽す); なびく (nabiku, 匽く); はこ (hako); どぶ (dobu)

Korean

Hanja

匽 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

1. lay down
2. to rest
3. fall down
4. latrine