酓

酓 U+9153, 酓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9153 ← 酒 [U+9152] CJK Unified Ideographs 酔 → [U+9154]

Translingual

Han character

酓 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓田 (OINW), four-corner 8060₁, composition ⿱今酉)

Derived characters

• 㜝 㱃 䨄 韽 䳺 盦
• 𡻡 𣻦 𣘞 𥕼 𧫧 𨡳
• 𬪓 𬯖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1281, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39786
• Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3576, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9153

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 酓
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	*l̥ʰuːms, *luːms
酓	*qʰɯːm, *qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	*qʰɯːm, *ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
頷	*ɡɯːm, *ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	*ɡɯːmʔ, *ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	*qɯːm, *qaːb
韽	*qɯːm, *qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	*qʰrɯːm, *kʰjam, *qʰlɯːm, *ɡrɯms
欦	*qʰrɯːmʔ, *qʰram, *kʰlam, *kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	*sɡɯm, *sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	*sɡrɯm, *ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	*ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	*qʰrɯm, *qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	*qrɯmʔ, *qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	*ɡrɯn, *ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Etymology 1

trad.		酓
simp. #		酓
alternative forms		𨟹

Attested in Guangyun. Schuessler (2007) reconstructs its pronunciation as ʔemʔ and proposes it is borrowed from Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔim (“bitter”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiemX

Rime
Character	酓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於琰切
Baxter	'jiemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiamX/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛmX/
Wang Li	/ĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qlamʔ/, /*qʰɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酓	酓
Reading #	2/3	1/3
No.	6585	6556
Phonetic component	今	今
Rime group	談	侵
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	黶
Old Chinese	/*qlamʔ/	/*qʰɯːm/

Definitions

酓

1. ^‡ (of alcoholic drinks) bitter

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 酓 – see 𣝓 (“mountain mulberry”). (This character is an ancient form of 檿, which is in turn a variant form of 𣝓).

Etymology 3

trad.		酓
simp. #		酓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴
    • Yale: yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim³
    • Yale: yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'emH

Rime
Character	酓
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	於念切
Baxter	'emH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔemH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔemH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛmH/
Li Rong	/ʔemH/
Wang Li	/iemH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiemH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qlɯːms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酓
Reading #	3/3
No.	6591
Phonetic component	今
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	酓
Old Chinese	/*qlɯːms/

Definitions

酓

1. ^‡ Alternative form of 𨡎 (“bitter”)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 酓 – see 飲 (“to drink; to attend a banquet; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 飲).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05223
• “酓”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

酓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bitter

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)、たん (tan)、どん (don)、かん (kan)、こん (kon)
• Kun: にがい (nigai)

Korean

Hanja

酓 (eum 염 (yeom))

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