儼

See also: 俨

儼	U+513C, 儼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513C

← 儻
[U+513B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儽 →
[U+513D]

Translingual

Han character

儼 (radical 9, 人+20, 22 strokes, cangjie input 人口口大 (ORRK), four-corner 2624₈, composition ⿰亻嚴)

Descendants

俨𠑊

References

KangXi: page 122, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1324

Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 240, character 2

Unihan data for U+513C

Chinese

trad.		儼
simp.		俨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儼

**Bronze inscriptions**
b12259

**Small seal script**
s05714

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L35502	L18748	L18749	L18747

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (敢) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
撖	kʰɯːm, kʰreːmʔ, *ɡraːmʔ
澉	l̥ʰaːms, klaːmʔ
噉	*l'aːmʔ
敢	*klaːmʔ
橄	*klaːmʔ
瞰	*kʰlaːms
闞	kʰlaːms, qʰreːmʔ, *hŋraːms
憨	qʰaːm, qʰlaːms
譀	qʰlaːms, qʰraːms, *qʰraːb
巖	*ŋraːm
礹	ŋraːm, ŋamʔ
豃	*qʰraːmʔ
讝	*kjam
玁	*hŋramʔ
嚴	*ŋam
儼	*ŋamʔ
曮	*ŋamʔ
釅	*ŋams

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵
Min Nan (POJ): giám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: yen³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁵
  - Yale: yíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giám
  - Tâi-lô: giám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giarm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /giam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giam⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɨɐm^X/▼

Rime
Character	儼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚掩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɐm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨam^X/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐm^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)[a]mʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋamʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	儼
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjæm^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)[a]mʔ/
English	dignified
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儼
Reading #	1/1
No.	3693
Phonetic component	敢
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋamʔ/
Notes	原誤魯掩切依王韻校正，巾箱本魚不誤

Definitions

儼

(literary) grave, respectful, majestic
(literary) as if, seemingly, like
^† to raise one's head
^† neatly arranged

Compounds

儼如／俨如

儼然／俨然 (yǎnrán)

智儼／智俨

Japanese

Kanji

儼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): げん (gen)

Kun: おごそか (ogosoka), いかめしい (ikameshii)

Korean

Hanja

儼 • (eom) (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune–Reischauer ŏm)

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Vietnamese

Han character

儼 (nghiễm)

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