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佴

佴	U+4F74, 佴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F74

← 佳
[U+4F73]

CJK Unified Ideographs

併 →
[U+4F75]

Translingual

Han character

佴 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人尸十 (OSJ), four-corner 2124₀, composition ⿰亻耳)

a second, an assistant

References

KangXi: page 100, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 560

Dae Jaweon: page 212, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 144, character 3

Unihan data for U+4F74

Chinese

simp. and trad.		佴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 佴

**Large seal script**
L34156

**Small seal script**
s05764

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (large seal) and
Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (耳) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
佴	nɯːs, njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	njis, njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	njɯ, njɯs
誀	njɯ, njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	njɯʔ, njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	njɯs, rnɯːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): èr (er⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶, noi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: èr
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ
  - Wade-Giles: êrh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ell
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶, noi⁶
  - Yale: yih, noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶, noi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/, /nɔːi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: /ȵɨ^H/, /nʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	佴	佴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	仍吏切	奴代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨ^H/	/nʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵɨ^H/	/nəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑie^H/	/nɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨ^H/	/nəj^H/
Li Rong	/ȵiə^H/	/nᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭə^H/	/nɒi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi^H/	/nɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	nài

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*nɯːs/, /*njɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佴	佴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2773	2788
Phonetic component	耳	耳
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	耐	餌
Old Chinese	/*nɯːs/	/*njɯs/

Definitions

佴

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Japanese

Kanji

佴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: じ (ji), に (ni), だい (dai), ない (nai)

Kun: たすけ (tasuke), そひ (sohi), ならぶ (narabu), おる (oru), つぐ (tsugu)

Korean

Hanja

佴 • ‎(i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)

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