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嫋
嫋
See also: 嬝
Translingual
Han character
嫋 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女弓一一 (VNMM), four-corner 47427, composition ⿰女弱)
References
- KangXi: page 269, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6614
- Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1074, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5ACB
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
嫋 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (弱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嫋 | *neːwʔ |
| 弱 | *njewɢ |
| 溺 | *njewɢ, *neːwɢ |
| 蒻 | *njewɢ |
| 搦 | *rneːwɢ, *rnaːwɢ |
| 愵 | *neːwɢ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: niao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
- IPA (key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: niu5, niu1
- Yale: níuh, nīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: niu5, niu1
- IPA (key): /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴鳥切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/neuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/neuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/neuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/nɛwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/neuX/ |
| Wang Li |
/nieuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/nieuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
niǎo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嫋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10946 |
| Phonetic component |
弱 |
| Rime group |
宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嬲 |
| Old Chinese |
/*neːwʔ/ |
Definitions
嫋
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Japanese
Kanji
嫋
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嫋 • (nyo, ya) (hangeul 뇨, 야, revised nyo, ya, McCune-Reischauer nyo, ya)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: niễu
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