諺

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 谚

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yàn
Cantonese: jin6
JapaneseKun: KOTOWAZA
JapaneseOn: GEN
Korean: EN AN
Vietnamese: ngạn

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: proverb, maxim

CE-Dict: proverb

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a proverb; a saying; an adage; a saw

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: adage; byword; proverb; saying

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: adage; byword; proverb; saying

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》諺傳言也。从言彥聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】諺
〔古文〕𠷗【唐韻】魚變切【集韻】魚戰切【韻會】疑戰切，𠀤音彥。【說文】傳言也。【廣韻】俗言也。【書·無逸】乃逸乃諺。【傳】俚語曰諺。【左傳·昭元年】諺所謂老將知而耄及之。　又與唁、喭𠀤同。【文心雕龍】諺者，直語也。喪言亦不及文，故弔亦稱諺。【新論·正賞篇】子游裼裘而諺，曾參指揮而哂。【正字通】按諺通作喭。弔唁，經皆從唁，不必借諺。喭，《新論》作諺，偶譌誤耳。　又【集韻】魚旰切【正韻】魚幹切，𠀤音岸。【類篇】䛀諺，自矜也。【增韻】畔喭，剛猛也。【韻會】叛諺，不恭也。或作喭。引【論語註】子路失於畔喭。正義曰：舊註作𠯘喭。失言也。言子路性行剛彊，常𠯘喭失於禮容也。
考證：〔【左傳·昭元年】諺所謂老將至而耄及之。〕　謹照原文將至改將知。

CF-Dict: proverbe/dicton

Han-De-Dict: Sprichwort (u.E.) (S)