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U+5583, 喃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5583

[U+5582]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5584]
See also: , , and

Translingual

Han character

(radical 30 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十月十 (RJBJ), four-corner 64027, composition)

  1. keep talking, chattering
  2. mumble

References

  • KangXi: page 197, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3903
  • Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 650, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5583

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*nuːm
*nuːm
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*ruːmʔ
*rnuːm
*rnuːm, *rnuːms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳəɨm/
Li
Rong
/nɐm/
Wang
Li
/nɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9362
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rnuːm/
Notes

Etymology 1

Definitions

  1. Only used in 喃喃.
  2. Only used in 呢喃 (nínán).

Etymology 2

From Vietnamese 字喃 (chữ Nôm).

Definitions

  1. (of or relating to) chữ Nôm

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nam) (hangeul , revised nam, McCune-Reischauer nam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(nam, nôm)

  1. Common Speech.

Compounds

  • 字喃, 𡨸喃, 𡦂喃 (chữ nôm)