婬

See also: 淫

婬 U+5A6C, 婬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A6C ← 婫 [U+5A6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 婭 → [U+5A6D]

Translingual

Han character

婬 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女月竹土 (VBHG), four-corner 4241₄, composition ⿰女㸒)

1. obscene, licentious, lewd

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6440
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1060, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5A6C

Chinese

trad.		婬
simp.		淫*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
淫	*lɯm
霪	*lɯm
婬	*lɯm

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jam⁴
    • Yale: yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yim

Rime
Character	婬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘針切
Baxter	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/
Li Rong	/iəm/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婬
Reading #	1/1
No.	15293
Phonetic component	淫
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	淫
Old Chinese	/*lɯm/

Definitions

婬

1. (alt. form 淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; pornographic
2. (alt. form 淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
3. (alt. form 淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for

Japanese

Kanji

婬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): いん (in)
• Kun: たわける (tawakeru)、みだり (midari)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
婬
いん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 婬 – see the following entry.

【淫いん】S [affix] lewd; licentious; obscene; indecent [affix] excessive; go too far [noun] (literary) lewdness; licentiousness; Also used as a nari-adjective: lewd; obscene; licentious [noun] (literary) lust; sexual desire [noun] (literary) semen

(This term, 婬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

婬 • (eum) (hangeul 음, revised eum, McCune–Reischauer ŭm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

婬: Hán Nôm readings: dâm

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