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紉
紉
See also: 纫
Translingual
Han character
紉 (radical 120 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹戈 (VFSHI), four-corner 27920)
- thread needle, sew stitch, string
References
- KangXi: page 916, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27248
- Dae Jaweon: page 1345, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3367, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7D09
Chinese
| trad. | 紉 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 纫 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 紉
| |
|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (刃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 涊 | *nɯːnʔ, *njɯnʔ |
| 紉 | *nɯn |
| 忍 | *njɯnʔ |
| 荵 | *njɯnʔ |
| 刃 | *njɯns |
| 認 | *njɯns, *njɯŋs |
| 仞 | *njɯns |
| 軔 | *njɯns |
| 韌 | *njɯns |
| 肕 | *njɯns |
| 牣 | *njɯns |
| 杒 | *njɯns |
| 訒 | *njɯns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: jên4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn
- IPA (key): /ʐən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jan6, jan4
- Yale: yahn, yàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan6, jan4
- IPA (key): /jɐn²²/, /jɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 女鄰切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɳˠiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɳᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/nien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɳjin/ |
| Li Rong |
/njĕn/ |
| Wang Li |
/nǐĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ni̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
nín |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 紉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10827 |
| Phonetic component |
刃 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
紉 |
| Old Chinese |
/*nɯn/ |
Definitions
紉
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