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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水十月十 (EJBJ), four-corner 34127, composition)

  1. name of an ancient river whose source is in Inner Mongolia, China
  2. a surname

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*nuːm
*nuːm
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*nuːmʔ
*ruːmʔ
*rnuːm
*rnuːm, *rnuːms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (159)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəmX/
Li
Rong
/nᴀmX/
Wang
Li
/nɒmX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nămX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nǎn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9358
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːmʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nam) (hangeul , revised nam, McCune-Reischauer nam, Yale nam)

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