Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
yǎn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
yǎn

Definitions by reading

iem1
Mandarin equivalent yǎn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng iam1 Chaoyang iam1 Chenghai iang1 Jieyang iam1 Raoping iam1 Shantou iam1
①覆盖
②忽然:奄忽
③气息微弱:奄奄一息
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
影母 三等 開口 鹽韵 上声 衣儉切
Reconstruction:
Original

忽也,止也,藏也,取也,遽也。說文:覆也,大有餘也。又,姓。左傳:秦三良奄息,衣儉切,十七。