Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | yen | la[n] | bamboo mat |
| Zhengzhang | lan | ||
| Unicode | iɛn |
說文解字
竹席也。从竹延聲。《周禮》曰：“度堂以筵。”筵一丈。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Original meaning: peace and happiness
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 妟 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "peace and happiness". The meaning later shifted to "banquet", "feast", and "to entertain".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'enH | ʔˤe[n]-s | feast (n.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“宴，安也。从宀，晏聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.657
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)