閹

See also: 阉
閹 U+95B9, 閹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95B9
← 閸
[U+95B8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閺 →
[U+95BA]

Translingual

Han character

閹 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 77716, composition ⿵門奄)

  1. castrate
  2. eunuch

Derived characters
  • 𤑷

References
  • KangXi: page 1337, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+95B9

Chinese
trad. 閹
simp. 阉
alternative forms 奄

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (奄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
庵 *qoːm, *qoːb
鵪 *qoːm
菴 *qoːm, *qrom
馣 *qoːm
晻 *qoːmʔ, *qromʔ
唵 *qoːmʔ
黤 *qoːmʔ, *qraːmʔ
埯 *qaːmʔ, *qomʔ
淹 *qroːm, *qrom, *qom, *qoms
閹 *qrom, *qromʔ
崦 *qrom
醃 *qrom, *qom
掩 *qromʔ
奄 *qromʔ
罨 *qromʔ, *qoːb, *qob
裺 *qromʔ, *qoms
俺 *qromʔ, *qoms
腌 *qom, *qrob, *qob
殗 *qob
餣 *qob

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閹 閹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 央炎切 衣儉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiᴇm/ /ʔˠiᴇmX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚiɛm/ /ʔᵚiɛmX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiæm/ /ʔiæmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjiam/ /ʔjiamX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjɛm/ /ʔjɛmX/
Wang
Li		 /ĭɛm/ /ĭɛmX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ɛm/ /ʔi̯ɛmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yān yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jim1 jim2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閹 閹
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14339 14346
Phonetic
component		 奄 奄
Rime
group		 談 談
Rime
subdivision		 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 淹 奄
Old
Chinese		 /*qrom/ /*qromʔ/

Definitions

閹

  1. to castrate; to spay
  2. castrated person; eunuch

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
閹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. eunuch

Readings

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Compounds

Korean

Hanja

閹 (eum 엄 (eom))

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Vietnamese

Han character

閹: Hán Việt readings: yêm[1]

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References
  1. Trần (2004).
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