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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手弓土 (QNG), four-corner 57015, composition)

  1. turn, twist, wrench
  2. seize, grasp

References

  • KangXi: page 418, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11826
  • Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1845, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+626D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*nuː
*nuʔ
*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
*nuʔ, *nus
*nuʔ
*nuʔ, *nuɡ
*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
*nuʔ
*snu
*n̥ʰuʔ
*njuʔ, *nuɡ
*njuʔ
*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (12) (9)
Final () (136) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨuX/ /ʈɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiuX/ /ʈiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/niəuX/ /ȶiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳuwX/ /ʈuwX/
Li
Rong
/niuX/ /ȶiuX/
Wang
Li
/nĭəuX/ /ȶĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯ə̯uX/ /ȶi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niǔ zhǒu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1518 1525
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuʔ/ /*tnuʔ/

Verb

  1. to twist (to turn the ends of something in opposite directions)
  2. to wring

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

(nữu)

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