蜿蜒

Chinese
to move (as snake)
simp. and trad.
(蜿蜒)		 蜿 蜒

Pronunciation

Verb

蜿蜒

  1. to wriggle
  2. to wind; to zigzag; to meander

Japanese
Kanji in this term
蜿 蜒
えん
Hyōgaiji		 えん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

/weɴeɴ/ → /eɴeɴ/

From Middle Chinese 蜿蜒 (MC ʔʉɐn|ʔuɑn|ʔʉɐnX jiᴇn, literally “wriggle, wind + stretch for a long distance”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wānyán.

Pronunciation

Adjective

蜿蜒 (-tari inflection, hiragana えんえん, rōmaji en'en, historical hiragana ゑんえん)

  1. meandering, winding
    • 1905: 韓國誌 (Kankoku-shi, “Korea Chronicle”), 農商務省 (Nōshōmushō, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce) (in Japanese), Tōkyō (text here):
      …此村 (このむら)ヨリ河 (かわ)ノ谷 (たに)ハ五 (ご)里 (り)二 (に)十 (じゅう)町 (ちょう)ノ間 (あいだ)蜿 (えん)蜒 (えん)タル峽 (きょう)地 (ち)ヲ形 (かたち)ツクリ…
      …kono mura yori kawa no tani wa go ri nijū chō no aida en'en taru kyōchi o katachi tsukuri…
      ...from this village, the river valley takes the form of a meandering gorge for a distance of five li and twenty chō [approx. 22km]...

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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