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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心一月大 (PMBK), composition)

  1. timid, apprehensive

References

  • KangXi: page 395, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10951
  • Dae Jaweon: page 733, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2327, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+611E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*njɯ, *noːʔ
*nuːs, *njonʔ, *nuːns
*noːls, *njon
*noːls, *noːnʔ, *noːns
*noːls, *noːns, *njonʔ
*noːnʔ
*noːnʔ
*noːnʔ, *noːns
*noːns, *njonʔ
*njon, *njonʔ
*njonʔ
*njonʔ
*njonʔ, *njunʔ
*njonʔ
*njonʔ
*njonʔ
*nuːns

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (38) (8) (8)
Final () (78) (62) (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division () III I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiuᴇnX/ /nuɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵʷiɛnX/ /nʷɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjuænX/ /nuɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵwianX/ /nwanH/ /nwaH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiuɛnX/ /nuɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭwɛnX/ /nuɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯wɛnX/ /nuɑnH/ /nuɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ruǎn nuàn nuò
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 10891 10897 10907
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*noːls/ /*noːns/ /*njonʔ/
Notes

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

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References