阿片

		phonetic
trad. (阿片)		阿	片
simp. #(阿片)		阿	片

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), probably via English opium.

阿片

1. opium

• 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn)
• (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)
• (dated) 阿芙蓉 (āfúróng)
• (Jin) 洋煙／洋烟
• (Hokkien) 烏薰／乌薰

Kanji in this term
阿	片
あ Jinmeiyō	へん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
鴉片 あへん アヘン

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn), probably via English opium.^[1]

• (Tokyo) あへん [àhéń] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo) あへん [áꜜhèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠hẽ̞ɴ]

阿(あ)片(へん) or 阿片(アヘン) • (ahen) 

1. opium

   Synonym: オピウム (opiumu)

   • 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)十五幕(まく)　「逃(とう)走(そう)麗(れい)女(じょ)」 [Act 15: “Escaped Beauty”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], kanzenban edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 134:

     阿(ア)片(ヘン)です　誤(あやま)って大(たい)量(りょう)の阿(ア)片(ヘン)を一度(ど)に吸(す)って…
     しかし妙(みょう)でござるな　阿(ア)片(ヘン)といえばかなり高(こう)価(か)な薬(くすり)　一(いっ)般(ぱん)人(じん)がそんな大(たい)量(りょう)に買(か)い込(こ)める代(しろ)物(もの)ではないはずだが…

     Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
     Shikashi myō de gozaru na Ahen to ieba kanari kōka na kusuri Ippanjin ga sonna tairyō ni kaikomeru shiromono de wa nai hazu da ga…

     Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
     It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

• 芥子(ケシ), 罌粟(ケシ) (keshi, “opium poppy”)

Hanja in this term
阿	片

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

1. Hanja form^? of 아편 (“opium”).

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿	片

阿片

1. chữ Hán form of a phiến (“opium”).