嘕

嘕	U+5615, 嘕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5615

← 嘔
[U+5614]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘖 →
[U+5616]

Translingual

Han character

嘕 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜火 (RMYF), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口焉)

manner of laughing, way in which one laughs

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4202
Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 10
Unihan data for U+5615

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘕

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嘕	*qʰran
嫣	qʰran, qran, qranʔ, qans
焉	qran, ɢan, *qan
鄢	qran, qanʔ, *qans
蔫	qran, qan
漹	ɢan, qans
傿	*qans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰran): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 焉 (OC *qran, *ɢan, *qan).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiān (xian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sian
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹
  - Yale: syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin¹
  - Yale: hīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xjien

Rime
Character	嘕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許延切
Baxter	xjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/xjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hian/
Li Rong	/xiɛn/
Wang Li	/xĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰran/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘕
Reading #	1/1
No.	14225
Phonetic component	焉
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qʰran/
Notes	見大招

Definitions

嘕

way of laughing

Compounds

嘕嘕

Japanese

Kanji

嘕

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)、えん (en)
Kun: たのしむ (tanoshimu)

Korean

Hanja

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

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