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弩

弩

Translingual

Han character

弩 (radical 57 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女水弓 (VEN), four-corner 47207, composition ⿱奴弓)

  1. crossbow, bow
  2. downward stroke

References

  • KangXi: page 358, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9760
  • Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 994, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5F29

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 弩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (女) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
拿 *rnaː
拏 *rnaː
詉 *rnaː
蒘 *rnaː, *na
笯 *rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐 *rnaː, *na
絮 *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶 *rnaːw
怓 *rnaːw
帑 *n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴 *naː
砮 *naː, *naːʔ
駑 *naː
孥 *naː
努 *naːʔ
弩 *naːʔ
怒 *naːʔ, *naːs
袽 *na
帤 *na
女 *naʔ, *nas
籹 *naʔ
恕 *hnjas
如 *nja, *njas
茹 *nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳 *nja, *njas
鴽 *nja
蕠 *nja
汝 *njaʔ
肗 *njaʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 弩
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 奴古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /nuoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /nuoX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /noX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /nɔX/
Li
Rong		 /noX/
Wang
Li		 /nuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /nuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 nǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弩
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 nǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nuX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.nˤaʔ/
English crossbow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 弩
Reading # 1/1
No. 9607
Phonetic
component		 女
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 怒
Old
Chinese		 /*naːʔ/

Definitions

弩

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References

Japanese

Kanji

弩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On: ど (do)
  • Kun: いしゅみ (ishumi)

Korean

Hanja

弩 • ‎(no) (hangeul 노, revised no, McCune-Reischauer no, Yale no)

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Vietnamese

Han character

弩 (nỏ, nỗ, ná, nõ)

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