奩

See also: 奁, 匲, and 匳

奩 U+5969, 奩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5969 ← 奨 [U+5968] CJK Unified Ideographs 奪 → [U+596A]

Translingual

Han character

奩 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 大尸口口 (KSRR), four-corner 4071₆, composition ⿱大區)

Derived characters

• 檶, 𢋔

Related characters

• 奁 (Simplified Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 253, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5991
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 547, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5969

Chinese

trad.		奩
simp.		奁
alternative forms		匲 匳 籢 籨 𡙗 匲 匳 籢 籨 𡙗 𡚍 𢅸 𢊴 𣫢 𨕏 𨘰

Glyph origin

Corruption of 匳.

Etymology

From 斂 (OC *ɡ·ramʔ, “to gather; to collect”) (Y. Sun, 2015).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): lièng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liam⁵ / niam⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²
    • Yale: lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
    • Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lim⁴
    • Yale: lìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lieng²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɛŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm
    • Tâi-lô: liâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liam⁵ / niam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâm / niâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liam⁵⁵/, /niam⁵⁵/

Note:

• liam5 - Chaozhou;
• niam5 - Shantou, Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

Definitions

奩

1. box for women's cosmetics or garments
2. dowry; bridal trousseau

Compounds

• 奩器 / 奁器
• 奩幣 / 奁币
• 奩房 / 奁房
• 奩敬 / 奁敬
• 奩田 / 奁田
• 妝奩 / 妆奁 (zhuānglián)
• 嫁奩 / 嫁奁
• 房奩 / 房奁
• 衾褥妝奩 / 衾褥妆奁
• 陪奩 / 陪奁
• 香奩 / 香奁
• 香奩集 / 香奁集
• 香奩體 / 香奁体
• 鳳奩 / 凤奁

Japanese

Kanji

奩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: くしげ (kushige, 奩)、はこ (hako, 奩)

Korean

Hanja

奩 (eumhun 화장 상자 렴 (hwajang sangja ryeom), word-initial (South Korea) 화장 상자 염 (hwajang sangja yeom))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 奩

Vietnamese

Han character

奩: Hán Việt readings: liêm
奩: Nôm readings: liêm

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References

• Nom Foundation