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髯

髯

See also: 髥

Translingual

Han character

髯 (radical 190 髟+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹土月 (SHGB), four-corner 72557)

  1. beard
  2. mustache

References

  • KangXi: page 1453, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45404
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1984, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4522, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9AEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 髯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
那 *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
挪 *naːl
娜 *naːlʔ
柟 *noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
抩 *noːm
聃 *n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
舑 *n̥ʰaːm, *njam
坍 *n̥ʰaːm
髯 *njam, *njams
蚺 *njam
呥 *njam
冉 *njam, *njamʔ
袡 *njam
苒 *njamʔ
姌 *njamʔ, *neːmʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 髯 髯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 鹽 (153) 鹽 (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 汝鹽切 而豔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵiᴇm/ /ȵiᴇmH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵiɛm/ /ȵiɛmH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑjæm/ /ȵʑjæmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵiam/ /ȵiamH/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiɛm/ /ȵiɛmH/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭɛm/ /ȵʑĭɛmH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi̯ɛm/ /ȵʑi̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 rán ràn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 髯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 rán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyem ›
Old
Chinese		 /*nam/
English whiskers

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 髯 髯
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10777 10788
Phonetic
component		 冉 冉
Rime
group		 談 談
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 𩓾 染
Old
Chinese		 /*njam/ /*njams/

Definitions

髯

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Compounds

  • 一字髯
  • 掀髯
  • 揚眉奮髯／扬眉奋髯
  • 碧眼紫髯
  • 禮髯／礼髯
  • 美髯公
  • 蒼髯／苍髯
  • 虯髯／虬髯
  • 虯髯客／虬髯客
  • 虯髯客傳／虬髯客传
  • 關羽髯／关羽髯
  • 髯口
  • 髯毛
  • 髯蛇
  • 鬚髯如戟／须髯如戟
  • 鬢髯如漆／鬓髯如漆

References

Japanese

Kanji

髯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Noun

髯 ‎(hiragana ひげ, romaji hige)

  1. mustache; beards; whiskers

Korean

Hanja

髯 • ‎(yeom) (hangeul 염, revised yeom, McCune-Reischauer yŏm, Yale yem)

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