埏

埏 · shān

a boundary, a limit

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shān
Cantonese
jin4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a boundary, a limit

Dictionary definitions & readings

埏 shān · to mix water with clay

埏 yán · boundary

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10445.100:yán,shān Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0997.020:shān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
324.040:shān Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
エン セン ゼン こねる やわらげる はて Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
연:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
以然 式連 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GNKM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4214.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0230.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
137.33 138.20 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0203e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+57CF
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6771

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
埏
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
yen · 以然 · 山開三平仙以 · #603
Middle Chinese
syen · 式連 · 山開三平仙書 · #608

PHONO-ML, source line 4895; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
320.401
kDaeJaweon
0466.010
kGSR
0203e
kHanYu
10445.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
0466.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10445.100
kIRGKangXi
0230.010
kKangXi
0230.010
kMatthews
7343
kMeyerWempe
896f
kMorohashi
05121
kSBGY
137.33 138.20
kCangjie
GNKM
kFourCornerCode
4214.1
kMojiJoho
MJ009064
kPhonetic
1578
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5B6F
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D4BA
kIRG_JSource
J13-2F50
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3BB6
kIRG_KSource
K1-6744
kIRG_TSource
T2-343D
kRSUnicode
32.7
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D4BA
kCCCII
21765A
kCNS1986
2-343D
kCNS1992
2-343D
kEACC
21765A
kGB0
5979
kGB1
5979
kJIS0213
1,15,48
kJis1
2374
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1007
kTGH
2013:6771
kTaiwanTelegraph
1007
kXerox
302:173
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+16817+32.3.7
kCantonese
jin4
kDefinition
a boundary, a limit
kFanqie
以然 式連
kHangul
연:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10445.100:yán,shān
kJapanese
エン セン ゼン こねる やわらげる はて
kJapaneseKun
HAKAMICHI NOBORU YAHARAGERUKONERU
kJapaneseOn
SEN ZEN EN
kKorean
YEN
kMandarin
shān
kTGHZ2013
324.040:shān
kXHC1983
0997.020:shān

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 埏0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
土 beside 延 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰土延$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰土延$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.