沿

Due to Han unification, different forms of the character are given the same codepoint. In simplified Chinese, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Chữ Nôm, the upper right component is written 𠘧/几 to give 沿, which is the form found in the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan), the upper right component is written 儿 to give 沿. In Japanese shinjitai, the upper right component is written 八 to give 沿.

沿 (radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水金口 (ECR) or 水竹弓口 (EHNR), four-corner 3816₀, composition ⿰氵⿱𠘧口(GKV) or ⿰氵⿱⿰丿㇄口(HT) or ⿰氵㕣(J))

• KangXi: page 614, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17260
• Dae Jaweon: page 1008, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1590, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6CBF

Possibly related to Proto-Tai, compare Thai เลียน (liian, “to mimic”), or from Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo zeelᴸ (“to walk along, a road along a hillside”) and Jingpho mə³¹-jan³³ (“flow along a cliff”) (Schuessler, 2007); nevertheless, Schuessler found Middle Chinese descendant's rounded element difficult to reconcile phonologically with these items and proposes also a derivation from 由 (OC *lɯw).

沿

1. to follow a course, go along

   ⇒ 沿著／沿着

2. to continue or hand down

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: そう (sou, 沿う, Jōyō)^{←そふ (sofu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 沿 (MC jiuᴇn).

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

沿 (hiragana えん, rōmaji en)

1. follow; go along

沿 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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沿 (duyên)

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