儼

See also: 俨 and 𠑊
儼 U+513C, 儼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-513C
← 儻
[U+513B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儽 →
[U+513D]

Translingual
Traditional 儼
Shinjitai
(extended)		 𠑊
Simplified 俨

Han character

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

Derived characters
  • 𭍍

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 122, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1324
  • Dae Jaweon: page 257, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Note:
  • ngiêm2 - Chaozhou;
  • ngiam2 - Shantou;
  • ngiang2 - Chenghai.
    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
    Baxter ngjaemX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang    		 /ŋɨɐmX/
    Pan
    Wuyun    		 /ŋiɐmX/
    Shao
    Rongfen    		 /ŋiɐmX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank    		 /ŋɨamX/
    Li
    Rong    		 /ŋiɐmX/
    Wang
    Li    		 /ŋĭɐmX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /ŋi̯ɐmX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 yǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 jim5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 儼
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)    		 yǎn
    Middle
    Chinese    		 ‹ ngjæmX ›
    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

    1. (literary) grave, respectful, majestic
    2. (literary) as if, seemingly, like
    3. † to raise one's head
    4. † neatly arranged

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    		 𠑊

    Kyūjitai

    		 儼

    Kanji
    儼

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𠑊)

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    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    儼 (eum 엄 (eom))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    儼: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễm

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