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懦
懦
Translingual
Han character
懦 (radical 61 心+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 心一月月 (PMBB), four-corner 91027, composition ⿰忄需)
References
- KangXi: page 407, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11390
- Dae Jaweon: page 748, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2364, character 19
- Unihan data for U+61E6
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
懦 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (需) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 羺 | *noː |
| 獳 | *noː |
| 擩 | *noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod |
| 譳 | *noːs |
| 懦 | *noːls, *njo |
| 糯 | *noːls |
| 需 | *sno |
| 繻 | *sno, *njo |
| 鑐 | *sno |
| 儒 | *njo |
| 濡 | *njo, *noːn |
| 襦 | *njo |
| 嚅 | *njo |
| 顬 | *njo |
| 鱬 | *njo |
| 嬬 | *njo |
| 臑 | *njo |
| 醹 | *njo, *njoʔ |
| 蠕 | *njo |
| 孺 | *njos |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: nuo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
- IPA (key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: no6
- Yale: noh
- Cantonese Pinyin: no6
- IPA (key): /nɔː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人朱切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ȵɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ȵio/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȵʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ȵuə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȵio/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȵʑĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȵʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
rú |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 懦 | 懦 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13964 | 13974 |
| Phonetic component |
需 | 需 |
| Rime group |
歌 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
儒 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*noːls/ | /*njo/ |
Definitions
懦
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
懦
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
懦 • (na, yu) (hangeul 나, 유, revised na, yu, McCune-Reischauer na, yu, Yale na, yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
懦 (nhụa)
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