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Translingual

Han character

(radical 167 +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金人月 (COB), four-corner 84127, composition or ⿰)

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
*nuːbs
*tnobs, *njobs
*njobs
*njobs
*njobs
*njobs
*njobs, *lobs, *njod
*nuːns, *nuːd
*nuːb
*nuːb
*nuːb, *noːb
*nuːb
*nuːb
*rnuːd
*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
*nod
*njod
*nuːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *njobs) : semantic  (metal) + phonetic  (OC *nuːbs).

Etymology 1

Borrowing from New Latin natrium.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. sodium

Compounds

  • 鈉燈钠灯
  • 鈉玻璃钠玻璃

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9387
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njobs/

Definitions

  1. to forge iron

Etymology 3

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (36)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiuᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵʷiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑiuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵwiajH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiuɛiH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭwɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯wɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ruì

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (ruì, “tenon”).
  2. Alternative form of 𨧨 (“sharp; pointed”).

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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