奄
Meanings
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- 1.surname Yan
- 1.variant of 阉[yān]
- 2.to castrate
- 3.variant of 淹[yān]
- 4.to delay
- 1.suddenly
- 2.abruptly
- 3.hastily
- 4.to cover
- 5.to surround
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Wiktionary
- 1.to cover; to surround; to include
- 2.suddenly; abruptly; quickly; hastily
- 3.feeble
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Chen (2021): Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qromʔ): abbreviated semantic 盍 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb) — original form of 掩 (OC *qromʔ, “to cover”). Shuowen: ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 大 (“big”) + 申 (“extend”) – to cover.
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