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Translingual

Han character

(radical 38 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手中 (VSQL), four-corner 47427, composition)

  1. a female given name
  2. elegant, graceful, delicate

References

  • KangXi: page 262, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1048, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5A1C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
*naːl
*naːlʔ
*noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
*noːm
*n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
*n̥ʰaːm, *njam
*n̥ʰaːm
*njam, *njams
*njam
*njam
*njam, *njamʔ
*njam
*njamʔ
*njamʔ, *neːmʔ

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/naX/
Li
Rong
/nɑX/
Wang
Li
/nɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nuǒ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10768
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*naːlʔ/

Definition

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Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Used in female personal names.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(na, nạ)

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