筵

筵 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓大一 (HNKM) or 竹弓大女 (HNKV), four-corner 8840₁, composition ⿱𥫗延)

1. bamboo mat
2. feast, banquet

• KangXi: page 886, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26080
• Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7B75

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lan) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 延 (OC *lan, *lans).

筵

1. (obsolete or in compounds) banquet; feast

   盛筵  ―  shèngyán  ―  grand banquet

   喜筵  ―  xǐyán  ―  banquet for a happy event

2. (obsolete) bamboo mat

   • 或肆之筵，或授之几。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huò sì zhī yán, huò shòu zhī jī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. (obsolete) seat

   • 降筵，拜。賔荅拜。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE

     Jiàng yán, bài. Bīn dábài. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 退反位，揖賓就筵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     退反位，揖宾就筵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tuì fǎn wèi, yī bīn jiù yán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

• “筵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: むしろ (mushiro, 筵)

• (Tokyo) むしろ​ [mùshíróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɕiɾo̞]

筵(むしろ) • (mushiro) 

1. straw mat or bamboo mat
2. seat

• (Tokyo) え​ん [éꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

筵(えん) • (en) 

1. seat

筵 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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筵: Hán Nôm readings: diên

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