演

See also: 縯

演 U+6F14, 演 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F14 ← 漓 [U+6F13] CJK Unified Ideographs 漕 → [U+6F15]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

演 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水十一金 (EJMC) or 難水十一金 (XEJMC), four-corner 3318₆, composition ⿰氵寅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 645, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1730, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6F14

Chinese

simp. and trad.		演
2nd round simp.		𰛑
alternative forms		𤀋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
寅	*lil, *lin
蔩	*lil, *lenʔ, *lin
鏔	*lil, *li
演	*lenʔ
縯	*lenʔ, *linʔ
戭	*lenʔ, *linʔ
夤	*lin
螾	*lin, *linʔ
濥	*linʔ, *lins
瞚	*hljuns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lenʔ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 寅 (OC *lil, *lin).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ян (i͡an, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin², jin⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yên / yân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yan³

• Jin (Wiktionary): ie²
• Northern Min (KCR): ěng
• Eastern Min (BUC): iēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ián / én

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ / êng⁵ / iang⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yieng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵i
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn³

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yan³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ян (i͡an, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin², jin⁵
    • Yale: yín, yíhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin², jin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin², yin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵/, /jiːn¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /ian³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eiŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Klang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián
    • Tâi-lô: ián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai, Zhangpu, Taipei, Klang): /iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: én
    • Tâi-lô: én
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ean
    • IPA (Hui'an): /en⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵ / êng⁵ / iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng / êng / iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵/, /eŋ⁵⁵/, /iaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ing5 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
• êng5 - Jieyang.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: yieng²
  • Sinological IPA: /zieŋ³¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵i
    • MiniDict: i^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ienn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ẽ⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 演
Mandarin	Beijing	/ian²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ian²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ian¹³/
	Jinan	/iã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ian⁵³/
	Xi'an	/iã⁵³/
	Xining	/iã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/iɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/iɛn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ian⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ian⁴²/
	Kunming	/iɛ̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ien²¹²/
	Hefei	/iĩ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/i³⁵/
	Suzhou	/iɪ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔiẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ie³⁵/
	Tunxi	/iɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/iẽ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/iẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/ian⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ʒen²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jin³⁵/
	Nanning	/jim³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jin³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ieŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/eiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zin³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yenX

Rime
Character	演
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以淺切
Baxter	yenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/jænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jianX/
Li Rong	/iɛnX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-q(r)anʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	演
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ yenX ›
Old Chinese	/*N-q(r)anʔ/
English	flow out, extend
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	演
Reading #	1/1
No.	15277
Phonetic component	寅
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	演
Old Chinese	/*lenʔ/

Definitions

演

1. to develop; to evolve

   演變／演变  ―  yǎnbiàn  ―  to develop

   演化  ―  yǎnhuà  ―  to evolve

2. to deduce

   推演  ―  tuīyǎn  ―  deduce

   演算  ―  yǎnsuàn  ―  to perform mathematical calculations

3. to perform; to act; to put on

   表演  ―  biǎoyǎn  ―  to perform

   演員／演员  ―  yǎnyuán  ―  performer

4. to drill; to practice; to exercise

   演練／演练  ―  yǎnliàn  ―  to drill

   演習／演习  ―  yǎnxí  ―  to do field practice

5. a surname: Yan

Synonyms

• (to perform):

• 上演 (shàngyǎn)
• 上臺／上台 (shàngtái)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 做戲／做戏 (zuòxì)
• 出演 (chūyǎn)
• 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 扮戲／扮戏 (bànxì)
• 搬戲／搬戏 (Hokkien)
• 演出 (yǎnchū)
• 演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
• 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
• 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 表演 (biǎoyǎn)

 

Compounds

• 三國演義／三国演义 (Sānguó Yǎnyì)
• 上演 (shàngyǎn)
• 串演 (chuànyǎn)
• 主演 (zhǔyǎn)
• 公演 (gōngyǎn)
• 出演 (chūyǎn)
• 合演
• 導演／导演 (dǎoyǎn)
• 扮演 (bànyǎn)
• 推演 (tuīyǎn)
• 排演 (páiyǎn)
• 會演／会演 (huìyǎn)
• 演出 (yǎnchū)
• 演出單位／演出单位
• 演出地點／演出地点
• 演出本
• 演出者 (yǎnchūzhě)
• 演劇／演剧 (yǎnjù)
• 演化 (yǎnhuà)
• 演化支
• 演員／演员 (yǎnyuán)
• 演員陣容／演员阵容
• 演唱 (yǎnchàng)
• 演唱會／演唱会 (yǎnchànghuì)
• 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
• 演奏家 (yǎnzòujiā)
• 演奏者 (yǎnzòuzhě)
• 演戲／演戏 (yǎnxì)
• 演技 (yǎnjì)
• 演播 (yǎnbō)
• 演播室 (yǎnbōshì)
• 演替
• 演歌 (yǎngē)
• 演武 (yǎnwǔ)
• 演活
• 演示 (yǎnshì)
• 演算 (yǎnsuàn)
• 演練／演练 (yǎnliàn)
• 演繹／演绎 (yǎnyì)
• 演繹法／演绎法 (yǎnyìfǎ)
• 演義／演义
• 演義人員／演义人员
• 演義圈／演义圈
• 演義界／演义界
• 演習／演习 (yǎnxí)
• 演藝／演艺 (yǎnyì)
• 演說／演说 (yǎnshuō)
• 演說者／演说者 (yǎnshuōzhě)
• 演說術／演说术
• 演講／演讲 (yǎnjiǎng)
• 演講家／演讲家
• 演變／演变 (yǎnbiàn)
• 演進／演进 (yǎnjìn)
• 義演／义演
• 臨時演員／临时演员 (línshí yǎnyuán)
• 表演 (biǎoyǎn)
• 講演／讲演 (jiǎngyǎn)
• 路演 (lùyǎn)
• 軍演／军演 (jūnyǎn)
• 重演 (chóngyǎn)
• 開演／开演 (kāiyǎn)
• 露演
• 預演／预演 (yùyǎn)
• 飾演／饰演 (shìyǎn)
• 首演 (shǒuyǎn)

 

References

• “演”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02298

Japanese

Kanji

演

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. do, perform
2. act, play
3. render
4. stage

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: やる (yaru, 演る); のべる (noberu, 演べる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
演
えん Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 演 (MC yenX).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Affix

演(えん) • (en) 

1. develop; evolve
2. practice; exercise
3. perform; act; play
4. speech; lecture; address

Derived terms

• 演(えん)じる (enjiru), 演(えん)ずる (enzuru)

Compounds

• 演繹(えんえき) (en'eki)
• 演技(えんぎ) (engi)
• 演劇(えんげき) (engeki)
• 演算(えんざん) (enzan)
• 演習(えんしゅう) (enshū)
• 演出(えんしゅつ) (enshutsu)
• 演色(えんしょく) (enshoku): colour rendering
• 演説(えんぜつ) (enzetsu)
• 演奏(えんそう) (ensō)
• 名演(めいえん) (meien): great performance (of acting, music, etc)

Korean

Hanja

演 (eumhun 펼 연 (pyeol yeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 연 (“performance”).

Vietnamese

Han character

演: Hán Nôm readings: diễn, dăn, dạn, giỡn, rởn, dán, dợn, gián

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation